Just a heads up… Seems to be a bit of confusion over the torque settings as most 848 workshop manuals list the wheel and sprocket side nut settings @230Nm which is for 1098. Asked Moto Rapido and they sent me this to confirm 176Nm wheel side and 156Nm sprocket side for 848. 1098 etc has a larger thread size which is equal both sides.
Rear Wheel Nut Torque Spec Rather than sort through Ducati service bulletin corrections to service manuals, I remember it this way: The 848 and 848 evo, 916, 748, 966, 998, Hypermotard, Multistrada 1000DS, all have the same wheel side 25.9 mm internal diameter rear axle size. All use a 46 mm nut. Torque this nut to 176 ± 9 N·m. (130 ± 6 lb·ft) Later models* have a 43 mm axle internal diameter rear axle size. All use a 55 mm nut. Torque this nut to 230 ± 11 N·m. (170 ± 9 lb·ft) *Diavel, Monster 1200, Multistrada 1200, SBK 1098, SBK 1198, SBK 1199 Panigale, SBK 1299 Panigale, Streetfighter 1098, 2017 Supersport Important: Grease B is specified to be applied to the axle threads and underside of the nut in order to achieve the correct torque. The proper method is to torque to the lower value and check for alignment of the hole in the nut with one of the holes in the stub axle. Then tighten the nut further to get alignment. If you incorrectly tighten to some unknown torque value, and then loosen to achieve alignment, you risk achieving a final torque that is insufficient to prevent wheel back-and-forth rotational movement of the wheel about its axle.
