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Old 06-24-2007, 08:09 PM   #1
Primered_69
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Frame and Suspension Info Wanted - Safety, torque, etc.

I am kind of paranoid about my frame. When my dad was alive he would tell me all the little things that I had no clue about but now I have no clue about how to do some of the simple things that most people on here take as second nature. So I am going to ask some simple questions

I went through and redid my frame (spindles, springs, ball joints, dearched springs) but this is the first time I ever did any type of suspension work. It all went back togeather really easy without problems.

But I want to go back and double check everything because I do not want anything to go wrong.

So here are some questions I need answered? (Note: I am a big guy when I say "just tighten until they are tight" - this is pretty darn tight.)

1. Ball joints do they need to be torqued or just done real snug where the pin will go through?

2. I had a past post about loctite and replacement bolts where rivets might have been removed but do these bolts have to be torqued or do you just get them good and tight? If tourgue - how much?

3. I swapped out the front crossmember... do these bolts need to be torqued? If so how much?

4. For a blazer tank conversion, what grade of bolt and do you use loctite here or lock washers or ???

5. Rear leafs - do you torque them where they mount to the frame and where they attach to the rear end? If so how much?

6. Rear differential bolts do they need to be torqued or just snug?

7. Front sway bar - torqued or just real snug?
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