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Section 8-10 of the TM 9-2320-289-20 says 70 foot pounds for the drag link end nuts on page 8-21 which is page 454 on my pdf downloaded manual.

Yes, all adjustment is done with the nut next to the bearing. The lock nut just locks it down. The TM’s seem to skip over this procedure. The civilian factory service manual says this: 1. torque inner nut to 50 ft. lbs. while spinning the bearing hub to seat the bearings. 2. back off the...

Yes, you can feel it with hands at 6 and 12 when it is there. I always worry more about too tight instead of too loose. That is why I find the line and try to lock it down right on the line.

Every manufacturer seems to have a different method for this. I once found a 1957 Buick factory service manual that said to tighten the bearing nut to 40 ft pounds, spin the hub 19 times and then do some other form of magic before putting the lock nut on. I have developed my own technique for...