Two different animals. The 33 ft. lbs. torque applied initially applied are a pre load and to insure the bearings are seated. You back off 1/12th to 1/6th of a turn to get the cotter pin to align which gives you the required clearance for the bearings. This insures that they are tight but not to tight to run smoothly. In this case the cotter pin does engage with the castle but thus preventing the nut from backing out.

The steering arm fasteners are torqued to spec. and not moved as this insures the proper stretch of the bolt. Looking closely at this joint, you will notice that the cotter pin is actually above the nut and does not engage. The cotter pin in this case is a “fail safe”, just to keep the fasteners from completely falling out.

Phil

Last edited by Phak1; 09/19/2019 1:49 PM.
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