G Force Half Shaft Axle Nut Torque

[01yellercobra]

I picked up a pair of G Force half shafts recently and also went ahead and picked up the locking nuts mentioned in the old thread here:

Who Runs GForce Axles

I’m going to pull the trigger this week on GForce axles. My car makes 655rwhp on my race tune. Do I need outlaw axles good for 1200+ or will the renegades good for 850+ be enough? Just a street car with the odd roll race and maybe 1 track day a year. Irs is fully built with MM bushing kit, tru...

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For those that are running the locking nut, what did you torque them to? G Force says to reduce the stock torque spec by 10%, putting the spec at 216ft-lbs I believe. But that is with the non-locking nut they send with the half shaft. There's a warning in the instructions that say over torquing could pull the stub apart. I was thinking of torquing the lock nuts to 216, but I'm worried it won't be tight enough. Friction and all that. But I also don't want to kill my new half shaft.

 

[03' White Snake]

Lube the threads with isopropyl alcohol when torqueing them. It will be a lubricant that will provide the correct torque and it will evaporate afterwards. We do this on stainless parts all the time for work where we cannot use neverseize.

What size is the thread on the half shaft? I use the Fastenal chart for torque of bolts, they have it broken down by grade and materials, dry or lubed.

https://crafter.fastenal.com/static-assets/pdfs/Torque-Tension_Chart_for_Metric_Fasteners.pdf

 

[01yellercobra]

Lube the threads with isopropyl alcohol when torqueing them. It will be a lubricant that will provide the correct torque and it will evaporate afterwards. We do this on stainless parts all the time for work where we cannot use neverseize.

What size is the thread on the half shaft? I use the Fastenal chart for torque of bolts, they have it broken down by grade and materials, dry or lubed.

https://crafter.fastenal.com/static-assets/pdfs/Torque-Tension_Chart_for_Metric_Fasteners.pdf

M24-1.5 if my research is correct. I'll remember the alcohol trick. The instructions say to use heavy duty loctite. But I'm a fan of a mechanical locking set up in this case.

 

[01yellercobra]

I ended up torquing the lock nuts to 216ft-lbs. Everything felt nice and tight. I'll check them after a few miles.