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Track bar bracket Question...

BALTANAKT

NAXJA Forum User
Location
Berthoud, CO
Search revealed the following...But I am kind of confused.
There are two nuts in the wheel well, and two underneath on the frame rail.
Which get which torque?

Track Bar Bracket
Bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 N·m (92 ft. lbs.)
Nut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 N·m (74 ft. lbs.)
Support Bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 N·m (31 ft. lbs.)
 
Thats right out of the fsm, but I have no idea what the "support bolts" are!
 
Torque specs tend to increase with bolt diameter, so I would expect the 92 ft.lb bolts to be of a larger size than the 74 ft.lb nuts.

Just off the cuff those torque specs look about right for M12, M10 and M8, just going down the list, and expecting them to be metric.
 
I'm pretty sure the 92 ft*lb is the bolt down by the axle. The "nut" might be the tie rod end nut at the top, and the support bolts are the ones that attach the bracket to the frame.
 
No, the fsm specially states "trackbar frame bracket"
 
Ha! Clear as mud.

Well, heres where I wound up.

All four fasteners are the same size.

I torqued the nuts inside the fender well to 31lbs. I landed on 31lbs for these because the "bolts" are really just studs, welded to a 1.5"x3" piece of sheet metal.

Down on the frame rail there are actually bolts which go through full size nuts, so torqued those to 92lbs.

I guess we will see what happens.
 
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