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Just to make sure, what do I torque on the suspension with the wheels in the air and what do I torque with the full weight on the wheels? I'm about to finish putting together the suspension and dropping it on the ground. Everything is back together so I'm just waiting to find out if I'm gonna do any damage by torquing everything down. Also, is there a good list out there of what to torque everything in the suspension to?

Thanks, Mike
 
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You need to torque any bolts that go through a rubber bushing, with full weight. So the 8 front control arm bolts and the 8 rear control arm bolts.

The torque specs for every bolt are in the Factory Assembly Manual. Well worth picking one up.

Tim.
 
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Which is a great reason to use Polyurethane suspension bushings instead of rubber; Poly can be torqued in any convenient position.
 
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