socket size for front/rear axle nuts

[docc]

So, we are more, or less, likely to fart torquing the rear axle from the "housing side?"

 

After fighting reardrive leaks for eight years, I may start following the factory procedure if for nothing more than the gris-gris.

[Kiwi_Roy]

88 lb ft, ok, you can have a socket, I just use the wrench that came in the toolkit and jive it a good kick, I haven't had one work loose yet.

[Ian]

My dad's philosophy on torque setting was "3 white knuckles and a grunt" but I do recall he once lost a wheel off his car doing that