Chris, that has been a question asked many times before, front bearing nut tourqe. The manual does not state it as you have said. I have asked Hersh, and RF on seperate occasions and the answer is , They dont know. LOL. I am throwing away the nuts they provided and getting castlated nuts for the spindles(just because i dont like that style of banging in a part of the nut to hold it in place). The spindles have cotter key holes. I am going to torque the nuts to 40 ft lbs while spinning the rotor , then back off to the next slot and pin them , just like on a chevy, lol. Anyone tell me why this would be wrong. Thanks , Dan