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Old 04-25-2009, 04:59 PM
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Are you talking about the upper control arm axle end?
Old 04-25-2009, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Are you talking about the upper control arm axle end?
I think so. I'm gunna level with ya, I didn't even know what a control arm was until about a week ago. It is literally impossible to tighten that bolt with the tire on though.
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Do you have spacers on , or are you running stock rims? If it were me and I may get flamed , I'd torque it with it jacked up. Think the uppers only require 70-75ft lbs, lowers 125ft lbs. The lowers and the trk bar are the major torquer's.
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It seems as if it's the upper CTRL ARM axle mount trhat your are referring to. Just use an end wrench and cheater pipe . I'm guessing you can't get the torque wrench on either side. Tighten like a sumbitch, as Redneck would say.
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alright i got er done. I was pretty mad for a minute there... but that has passed. I'm almost 7 hours into this, and I'm just starting the front. I guess I shouldn't have tried to do this solo becuase apparently I'm borderline retarded.
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I did mine and all I had to do was remove the sway bar end links, shocks, drop the axle down and the springs fell out. I didn't touch the control arm bolts or the track bar bolts.
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Do you have spacers on , or are you running stock rims? If it were me and I may get flamed , I'd torque it with it jacked up. Think the uppers only require 70-75ft lbs, lowers 125ft lbs. The lowers and the trk bar are the major torquer's.
rear uppers, rear lowers and front lowers are 125; front uppers are 75



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