D60 hi steer arm bolt torque?

[jsudar]

What has everybody been torquing the nuts on their hi steer arms to? Mine is a standard 4 bolt Dana 60 knuckle, couldn't afford five bolt knuckles.

100 lb/ft?

Tighten till it snaps and back off a quarter turn?

LMK

 

[mbryson]

I used the four studs and got some fresh grade 8 bolts. I used two studs on each knuckle and two bolts. I didn't torque them so I don't know, but they've got to be in the 80-100 range.

I've had no issues with them backing off at all. (one of those things I monitor due to having an XJ with crappy steering)

 

[Tacoma]

If I remember, factory spec is 80 ft.lbs for all the knuckle bolts.

 

[notajeep]

Ft-lb??? I just used the impact gun. :greg:

 

[jsudar]

I have another question. Those with cross over hi steer-- are you running your drag link in front of or behind your tie rod?

The reason I ask is the right side tie rod end I am using (es2233L) has the hole in it to mount the drag link to, but the direction it's tapered would put my drag link behind the tie rod. I have to drill the taper out anyway to fit a larger TRE on the drag link. Should I taper it backwards to put the drag link in front?

 

[mbryson]

I ran my drag-link in front of the tie rod to give it as much leverage as I could. I've just attached the tie rod and drag link to the steering arm.

I don't know why what you're describing wouldn't work, though.

 

[waynehartwig]

Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but what is the torque spec for a 1/2" bolt - grade 5, 8 or B7? I believe grade 5 and B7 are very close at 110 ftlbs and a grade 8 is more like 125 ftlbs.

My studs are B7 and I have them at 110. The bottom stocker bolts are at 100.

Originally I had my drag link behind the tie rod (hole closest to the knuckle), but steering was hard in some cases so I moved to the front hole and it sure steers easier. I also had to move the tie rod down to the stock location, because in the hole closest to the knuckle, the tie rod hits the BTF diff cover/truss at full lock either direction.

 

[Tacoma]

It's 80ft.lbs.. 60 Bible says 70-90. Factory TSM is 80.

 

[greenjeep]

We were having clearance issues on mine, so this is what we ended up doing. Not what we'd planned, but seems to work fine.

 

[waynehartwig]

We were having clearance issues on mine, so this is what we ended up doing. Not what we'd planned, but seems to work fine.

Clearance issues with what? And what did you do to correct it? I see a couple of things that could be done to clear something, so I'm just curious what.

 

[greenjeep]

Getting everything to fit in front of the coil springs and still clear the pitman arm.

Here you can see how close things are

No way to mount the tie rod and drag link to the arm seperately

I think I need a shorter/flatter pitman arm.