You are talking about a hub on a spindle of a front wheel drive car? You took off the nut to get to the bearings? Pulled the pin and the nut just spun loose? Am I right so far?? If so, then yes, this is normal, no bearing gets tightened any tighter than finger tight or it will burn up. I don't know where the torque specs came form, unless they are talking about the caliper to hub bolts if there are any,it might be metric, 199 kilograms per centimeter or whatever they go by. But still wouldn't be for the bearings. Put the torque wrench away, I have never used one in my life, except for head bolts. Hope this helps.
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I realize this question is quite old, but, just in case anyone else does the same search I do: Hub assemblies are different than conventional wheel bearings. They MUST be torqued to spec. They use large ball bearing and not small roller bearings like the conventional bearings. As for the torque, if it only goes to 150 on the wrench, I put it there, and torque it another 1/8 turn after reaching 150.
I realize this question is quite old, but, just in case anyone else does the same search I do: Hub assemblies are different than conventional wheel bearings. They MUST be torqued to spec. They use large ball bearing and not small roller bearings like the conventional bearings. As for the torque, if it only goes to 150 on the wrench, I put it there, and torque it another 1/8 turn after reaching 150.
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