KELLY88
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- Lake Mary/Daytona Beach, FL
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- 1997, 2005
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- Ford
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- Automatic
Well I've been putting it off for months and today I finally got started on replacing the ball joints and tie rod ends to fix a horrible alignment problem. I got it all taken apart, old ball joints out, new ball joints in and greased up. My problem is that when I go to reinstall the knuckle I don't know the torque spec on the lower ball joint nut. My manual doesn't specify this number. I tried it at 70 ft/lbs but it was too tight. I tried til it felt snug and the knuckle still didn't turn very easily. Is this knuckle supposed to be hard to turn initially or am I missing something?
Oh ya, the truck is a 97 4x4 with the Dana 35 front axle.
Oh ya, the truck is a 97 4x4 with the Dana 35 front axle.