Rear wheel hub

[laney]

Hi all this may be a dumb question I need to change my left rear wheel hub it's nacked I have been reading and watching you tube some are saying to put silicon or loc tight on the splines is this right and is there a porpoise to this any help would be great.
Thanks Phil

[Geoff86RRC]

There are plenty of posts on this nb torque to proper torque and use locktite as specified eg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-2-a/214774-hub-nut-why-so-tight-2.html#post3003137

[Bohica]

There are plenty of posts on this nb torque to proper torque and use locktite as specified eg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-2-a/214774-hub-nut-why-so-tight-2.html#post3003137

Why is it so tight? So it doesn't fall off!!

Spreadsheet here for torque settings based on weight of 'mechanic'
Resources (https://discovery2a.com/Resources.html)