2004 Sport trac XLT with flex. Need info on replacing front wheel hub and bearing

[arseatea]

I see there are 617 pages on this subject, and am pretty sure this question has been answered somewhere along the line. Watching YouTube about replacing the front wheel hub. YouTube says to torque large nut to about 165 lbs one place and 185 on another. One guy says to just make it tight. My torque wrench goes to 150. I may have to buy a Haynes book to find the real torque and then I have to figure out a way to achieve that without buying an expensive wrench for what may be a 'one time use'. My question is, what torque did you use for the 32MM nut? I read someplace that you can extend the length of the wrench 1 foot with a cheater bar and then to double the torque reading on the wrench. anyone ever done this? arseatea,,

 

[koda2000]

I've heard between 185-200 foot pounds on the large axle nut of the CV axle. So that's tight... Real tight. If you torque wench goes to 150 foot pounds, tighten it to 150 and approximate another 50 'ish foot pounds. It'll be fine.