doing ball joints this weekend. Torque specs?
04-15-2013, 04:42 PM
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doing ball joints this weekend. Torque specs?
I'll be installing a new set of ball joints. For reassembly, I found most of the torque specs I need except for the castle nuts.
- 21mm brake caliper adapter bolts get 120 ft lbs torque.
-12 point 13mm bolts hub bolts- get 75 ft lbs.
-35mm Axle nut gets 100 ft lbs.
-Upper and lower ball joint castle nuts- Can't find anything on these. Anybody know?
- 21mm brake caliper adapter bolts get 120 ft lbs torque.
-12 point 13mm bolts hub bolts- get 75 ft lbs.
-35mm Axle nut gets 100 ft lbs.
-Upper and lower ball joint castle nuts- Can't find anything on these. Anybody know?
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04-21-2013, 01:36 PM
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Its done.
We'll I got it done today. The first side took me 2 1/2 hours and the second side was under 1 1/2 ours. Overall it was a little less than a 4 hour job.
At 72,000 miles my upper ball joints were still good. Only the lowers were worn, but I changed all 4 because I had them. I got the Alloy USA ball joints for $149 and free shipping. Including tools the job cost me about $260.
All my grease guns in the shop were full of the NGLI-2 grease I use on my farm equipment. I used it on the new ball joints because that's all I had. I'll pick up some moly grease next time I'm at the store.
Overall it drives like a new jeep now. The steering is more precise at highway speeds. I'm pretty happy with it.
By the way did anybody go to the Llano Crawfish Open yesterday? I've never been a big fan of crawfish but dang it was good.
At 72,000 miles my upper ball joints were still good. Only the lowers were worn, but I changed all 4 because I had them. I got the Alloy USA ball joints for $149 and free shipping. Including tools the job cost me about $260.
All my grease guns in the shop were full of the NGLI-2 grease I use on my farm equipment. I used it on the new ball joints because that's all I had. I'll pick up some moly grease next time I'm at the store.
Overall it drives like a new jeep now. The steering is more precise at highway speeds. I'm pretty happy with it.
By the way did anybody go to the Llano Crawfish Open yesterday? I've never been a big fan of crawfish but dang it was good.
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