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General Requirements






General requirements
- Clean all contact surfaces in the joint, mechanically first and then use a solvent to get rid of grease.
- If necessary, replace screw and nuts for torque-tightened joints. When reusing clean and oil.
- Always replace screws or screws and nuts with new ones for joints that are protractor tightened.

Note! Does not apply to M22 self-locking drive shaft nuts.

- The tightening values given as a guide below must be followed to an accuracy of better than ±5% .
- 1 Nm = 0.1 kpm.