[DavidB]

Now the notorius pinion nut. The crush sleeve has to be crushed so that both bearings will make contact with the races. There is no torque specs. It take a lot of force to crush the sleeve but once it is crushed you can over tighten and hurt the bearing easly. I will bump nut with impact then push pinion back and forth do this till you feel no play. Now feel how hard it is to turn yolk. It is supposed to be measured with a progressive type inch pound torque wrench and take a constant 12(I think) inch pounds to keep turning. I do it by feel like I said tighten it down till there is no back and forth play but kida free spinning (once your here a little goes along way) and gently tighten till it takes just a little effort to turn yolk.