I checked it with a breaker bar, it moved with minimal effort. re-torqued it, did a track weekend, hub went bad, and had dealer replace both items.
Glad you caught it before your track weekend. It would have been annoying to have it come loose at the track - and potentially dangerous.
To clarify: The axle nut clamps the outer part of the half shaft to the inner race of the hub bearing (to include the component that holds the wheel). The outer race of the hub bearing is bolted solidly to the upright.
I almost questioned that comment, i could see the loose nut causing the bearing to fail early, but agree with your assessment.
I add a small duct to force air at starter while moving, it doesn't help when vehicle is stopped or off, (heat soak) but keeps from cooking the crap out of the starter.
It is for me (I think I'm on my 3rd one) and for most others I guess.
me too, but left side is driver side, so this is confusing haha... rear left driver side is what has failed on mine 2x's
I could have explained it better but little tired that evening.
for starters the left half-shaft is smaller than the right one. This is kind of the same reason why when the car slides it always slides the backend to the right. Because there is difference in half-shafts sizes. I'm guessing this is designed like that for some safety reason.
If tracking, most tracks have more right handers than left because clockwise direction. This puts more load into the left rear wheel bearing compared to right for same miles run.
The half shafts are different sizes to help minimize torque-induced harmonics. Most IRS vehicles are set up this way.
What you are saying makes sense. The slop I noticed must have been the slop in the bearing.
