Bearing Turning Torque Specification

Turning Torque Measurement must be performed with NEW bearings. 

After the NEW  bearings have been installed, they should be lightly lubricated with automatic transaxle fluid. The bearings must be lapped in by rotating the bearings 20 rotations clockwise and 20 rotations counterclockwise before measuring the turning torque. Due to the larger size of the differential ring gear over the smaller transfer gear the turning torque of the transfer gear is increased by about 3.45 times by the gear ratio.