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Originally Posted by wpoll
And of course you tightened them to spec. with the vehicle on the ground (full weight on the arm etc.)? 
Failure to do it this way (with no load on the bushes) results in early bush failure.... and may explain how they got like this. It's probably pretty easy to pop the arms back on after working on the front end, leaving them very loose until the vehicle is lowered to the ground, and then forgetting to go back and torque them up.  |
Can't really explain it.
I was going through the front end looking for such a thing and it was the first nut/bolt I decided to check and it took no effort at all to loosen the nut. It's been like it for so long, I can't remember when it started and since I never did any suspension work on the truck myself, it must have been as you said - left loose and forgotten.
Anyway, yes vehicle on the ground tightened to 100nm and then 15 degrees. Snug as a bug
02-20-2017, 02:49 AM
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