Thanks for all the answers. I went with 60lb-ft based on what I had in one of my
service manuals providing generic values.
I'll say this it all went much easier than I was expecting it to.
Kenneth M. Berntsen
eMail - kenneth@berntsen.cc
>
> "Kenneth M. Berntsen" <kenneth@berntsen.cc> wrote:
>
>> I've just replaced the driver side half shaft on my 2000 Dakota 4x4. To get the
>> half shaft out I removed the 3 bolts that attach the upper ball join to the upper
>> A
>> arm. But I can not find anyting that tells me how tight to tighten them.
>
>> The bolts are a 10.9 Grade and 9 or 10 mm thick.
>
>
>
> I don't have any firsthand experience here, thought I would check
> the FSM but it doesn't seem to be much help. I don't see a reference
> to three bolts holding the upper ball joint to the A arm. The FSM
> only mentions a single upper ball joint nut which gets 60lb-ft and a
> cotter pin. The FSM mentions (two?) bolts that connect the A-arm to
> the mounting bracket. These are torqued to 100lb-ft temporarily until
> the ball joint and shock are installed and the supporting jack is
> removed, then they are torqued to 165lb-ft.
>
> The same procedure is listed for '00 and '01.
>
> As far as generic torque values go, a 10.9 grade, 10mm x 1.25 bolt
> would get 58lb-ft, unless it is a flanged bolt in which case the value
> is 64 lb-ft.
>
> I dunno if that helps or just confuses things further, but there
> it is. :-)
>
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