Did a search that said to tighten my spindle nut to snug, then back off to the hole, and insert the cotter pin. Does this sound correct? Sounds a little loose to me. Brand new rotors, wheel bearings and races. Just converted to disc's, and rebuilt the front end. Want to do it right, thanks for the help. Dave

That will do it. The tapered ball joint shank along with the castle nut and cotter pin will hold it together. I use a long box wrench when I assemble them. Don't think I can pull the nut to the next hole if I wanted to.

Both are correct, by the book. as the spindel nut, and the ball joint nut requier different tourq.

Troy

O.K., I got the picture on the ball joints. But what is considered snug on the spindle nut, that holds the rotor on? I put it on finger tight, then a 1/8 turn with a wrench to line up the hole. It seems to spin freely with no movement on the bearings. Thanks for the previous replies, Dave

The wheel bearing nut is tightened by running it up tight several times in rapid succession while turning the rotor by hand.(This seats and aligns the bearings in their races)

The last tightning motion should be to rotate the castle nut to the nearest cotter key hole in the tightening direction without tightening the nut tightly. It is not necessary to torque the spindle(wheel bearing) nut.

I would do the same as charbilly
except I would loosen it one flat and install the cotter pin