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GOPAPA · 04-09-2009, 06:04 PM

If you have the 1/2 inch bolts with 20 threads to the inch like mine then you torque them tight to 65 lbs..

So, to use them again means the threads have been stretched already once ,,like others suggested ,,best to get new U-bolts.
I did mine and this is the specs on what to torque them to..

If you are trying to just get by until you can put new ones in ,,I understand .. papa

04-09-2009, 06:04 PM	#6
GOPAPA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nampa Idaho Posts: 7,628	Re: putting drop blocks on and cant get the nut off the u bolt.. If you have the 1/2 inch bolts with 20 threads to the inch like mine then you torque them tight to 65 lbs.. So, to use them again means the threads have been stretched already once ,,like others suggested ,,best to get new U-bolts. I did mine and this is the specs on what to torque them to.. If you are trying to just get by until you can put new ones in ,,I understand .. papa