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2016 F350 4x4 Shocks & Sterring Stabilizer Torque Specs

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Old 05-28-2023, 04:21 PM
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2016 F350 4x4 Shocks & Sterring Stabilizer Torque Specs

Does anyone have the torque specs for front and rear shocks and stabilizer?

I keep running down the 2017 and newer and older than 2011…
 
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Old 05-30-2023, 09:46 AM
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All right, well here's what I did:

Stabilizer to frame mount: 67 ft-lbs
Stabilizer to drag link: 40 ft-lbs (I got tired of sifting through threads ranging between 25 ft-lbs and 67 ft-lbs with nothing definitive)
Front shocks, lower: 111 ft-lbs (this might be a MY 2017+ torque spec)
Front shocks, upper: tighten until the bushings are squished a bit, but allegedly it's 34 ft-lbs
Rear shocks, lower: 66 ft-lbs (IDK what years this was spec'd)
Rear shocks, upper: 46 ft-lbs (IDK what years this was spec'd)

Is there a manual that I can buy that has all fastener torque values for my truck?
 
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When I replaced all 4 shocks on mine I never saw a torque value either, I ended up with the bolts "good & tight & the rubber bushing on the top of the fronts squished to about the same diameter as the washer"

As far as the manual I haven't seen one but it would be nice to have.
 
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Originally Posted by cj45lc
When I replaced all 4 shocks on mine I never saw a torque value either, I ended up with the bolts "good & tight & the rubber bushing on the top of the fronts squished to about the same diameter as the washer"

As far as the manual I haven't seen one but it would be nice to have.
I tightened the top nuts of the front shocks until the bushings were the same OD as the washers as well. IIRC there were five fully exposed threads and I could just see the top of the 6th thread at each nut. Seemed like it was good. How would you measure it anyway, get a 6mm allen head that goes on your torque wrench and just hold that nut still with a 19mm wrench while turning the allen head stud? Would the bushings throw off the torque value that way?

I really need to get a 3/8" torque wrench. Finagling a 1/2" torque wrench into those locations is fun. My torque wrench is old, I should probably get it calibrated.

With all of the differences between model years, it would be nice to have the MY specific manual or reference material to quickly find the torque values and not stop and sift through your phone trying to figure out what year everyone has on here. haha
 
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Old 07-01-2023, 02:12 PM
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Just installed a new OEM steering stabilizer. It has the same M12-1.75 threads as the stabilizer to frame-mounted mount. The listed torque spec for the stabilizer to mount is 67 ft-lbs. Since both ends have the same threads maybe that’s why I’m seeing 67 ft-lbs for both stabilizer ends when searching?
 
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