Trade secret. But....hmmm... lessee here... fcpgroton gets $19 for a bearing set, times four, that would be, uh, 76 bucks. For you, fellow Brickster, I'll give you the answer for seventy-five. Deal?

The incorrect torque values were in an older edition of the Haynes, for setting the torque on the front wheel spindle nut. I don't want to say what that value was, because someone will grab the wrong number from this post and use it. Let's just say the value given was about double what it should be. One day at work I borrowed a co-worker's newer Haynes manual, and I saw they had corrected the number. There was another wrong number I used from the old book, but I can't recall right now what it was for.

The only manual I have nearby is the Bentley; they say to seat the wheel bearing with 41 foot-pounds while rotating the wheel. Back off a half turn, then torque to 13 +/- 4 INCH pounds and align the closest slot in the nut with the hole in the spindle.

Frankly, I think even the 41 foot-pounds is a bit high. Since the time when I killed 2 sets of bearings I've seated them at about 30 foot pounds, backed off, then torqued the nut to a touch past finger-tight until I can get the cotter pin in. No problems since.