From the FORD 2018 Factory Service Manual the spec says 50 lb.-ft. then 90 degrees. See excerpts:

 

Rigel,

Truly appreciate the info! Turns out I torqued them to the wrong value. Oh well, back to pick up another set! Not overly expensive, so not the end of the world...

I'll have to get a Service manual. Thanks again!

Jim

 

Sorry to revive or sidetrack but would you also have the torque spec for dual rear wheel axel hold down bolts as well? I have to replace an axel seal and looking for some guidance here as I have never removed an axel.

 

Yep, see my reply to your post here:

2017 rear axel seal leak questions

First off thank god for this forum! I would have never known to replace all bolts on the front end brake job putting my family at risk so thanks to you all. I just returned from a trip to Yellowstone over 5,000 miles and somewhere on the last 10 hr drive pretty sure I developed a rear axel seal...

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It should be in here.

New brakes?

Hey all, Just curious at to what you would do in my situation. My wife and I are about to embark on year long excursion around the western US leaving March 1. We have 34,000 miles on our MR 250 with original brakes. While I have no suspicion that the brakes are bad (other than occasional...

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Reviving this thread.

I'm seeing 3 different torque to yield specs for the rear axle to hub bolts. There is the 50lbft + 90 deg pf rotation referenced here, and also 25lbft + 90 deg and 35lbft + 70 deg mentioned by Ford service mechanics in their YouTube "how tos".

2 weeks ago I was told 25lbft +90deg by the service rep when I picked up a set for my Eton True track build.

Comparing these: 25lbft + 90deg and 35lbft + 70 degrees are likely to give the same or very similar final residual loading. However, 50lbft + 90deg will likely result in more than double the force and a much higher level of plastic yield in the fastener.

What's more confusing is that I was able to get the specs for an F250 which uses 6 of the same fasteners (rather than the Transit's 5) in the same location - these are also 25lbft + 90 deg.

Overall, a specification of 50lbft + 90deg is a pretty noticeable outlier.

 

What did you land with? I just had a brake job done, and did not replace a single bolt. I am going to go back and have them replace the bolts, freaked out my axel will float off otherwise I am hoping to have some good specs of what exactly to have them do when I get there. (not sure how big of a job it is just to replace the bolts?)

Did you replace the caliper bolts too?