Upper ball joint torq spec

[Jrod]

Can anyone share how many Lbs of torq they’ve been putting on their upper ball joint when replacing the control arms?

 

[Jrod]

Disregard, I found it here.

http://www.ramforum.com/threads/chassis-torque-specs.92967/

It’s 70lbs.. My inexperienced ass read 120lbs somewhere else... Can anyone tell me if I have to pop the ball joint back out or can I simply back the nut off to 70lbs?

 

[Jrod]

Guess I’m self diagnosing here lol. Anyways, called my mechanic who works on my older cars. He said 120lbs shouldn’t adversely effect anything, but if I wanted to take it down to 70lbs I can readjust the nut without having to pop the ball joint again.

 

[Outbreak]

Sorry I can't help you, but thanks for a link to that post!