cab bolt torque
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cab bolt torque
can someone please tell me what to torque the cab bolts too on a 78 reg cab f-150.? i asked a few months ago but no one replied so can someone help me this time. id like to get it bolted back up so i can drive it again after the cab swap.
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Looked quick in the shop manuals didn't find anything. According to my bolt chart a 7/16"-14 gr5 is torqued to 61 ft/lb and a gr8 is 70 ft/lb.
I'll look closer in the manuals and see if I can find anything.
I'll look closer in the manuals and see if I can find anything.
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cab mounts 50 ft/lbs, radiator mount 40 ft/lb.
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ok i got another question now that my main problem is now solved. i had my uncle bring me home aluminum sized hockey pucks from wwork that i drilled out and used as a very small body lift. problem is now my front bumper wont fit because of the 3/4 inch lift. i dont want to hackit up since its in such good shape. so when guys put 2 to 3 inch body lift on these trucks how the hell do you reuse the stock front bumper? could some tell me or take a pic so i can see what i have to do. thanks
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ok i got another question now that my main problem is now solved. i had my uncle bring me home aluminum sized hockey pucks from wwork that i drilled out and used as a very small body lift. problem is now my front bumper wont fit because of the 3/4 inch lift. i dont want to hackit up since its in such good shape. so when guys put 2 to 3 inch body lift on these trucks how the hell do you reuse the stock front bumper? could some tell me or take a pic so i can see what i have to do. thanks
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i kinda mocked it up today with washers and it worked for the top bolts but then the bottom bolt hole wont line up so i need to drill two holes lower in the good bumper which i really dont want to do or come up with something else. but now that you said use 1/4 inch stock maybe i can use that in the bottom i dont know. i really would like to put the chrome push bar back on also so maybe ill just bite the bullet take the spacers out ad put it back down and bolt everything back up yet again
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ok i got another question now that my main problem is now solved. i had my uncle bring me home aluminum sized hockey pucks from wwork that i drilled out and used as a very small body lift. problem is now my front bumper wont fit because of the 3/4 inch lift. i dont want to hackit up since its in such good shape. so when guys put 2 to 3 inch body lift on these trucks how the hell do you reuse the stock front bumper? could some tell me or take a pic so i can see what i have to do. thanks
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