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Originally Posted by ultraman6970
".....and re-applied torque on the nut. "
This works but you have a problem tho, the threads of the cotter pin can go bye bye aswell, IME is not just go and tight that thing till doesnt move no more. IMO is more like how good is the guy at using the tools and how good is at to sense when something is ok and know when to stop.
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When dddd said "until the nut won't turn any further", they weren't saying that you should keep increasing torque until the nut stops responding to more torque, but that you should repeat the task until hammer taps no longer cause a secured nut to lose preload.
It's not about being good at using tools, it's about understanding what you're doing. Torquing the nut is used to check insertion, and at the end, to just have it be secured on there. The nut is not used to pull the cotter pin farther in, so it should never be getting brought anywhere into the remote vicinity of its torque limits. Even a ham-fisted mechanic shouldn't be at risk of damaging anything, unless they don't understand what the task they're doing is.