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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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396ft/lbs????

I plan to install a Superlift 3" kit in the next couple of weeks. My haynes manual shows a torque spec of 369ft lbs (2000) for the track bar bolts on both ends. Holy ****e!! My torque wrench only goes to 250.

The kit comes with a "track bar relocating bracket". Does this bracket just relocate the factory one or does it replace it? If it just relocates it can I do that without removing the track bar from the brackets?

I don't want to spend the extra cash on a big daddy torque wrench that I'll never use again.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 10:28 AM
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My 4" procomp replaced the factory one, but we basically put the snap on impact on high and cranked em down. Use some loctite on them if you have any worries.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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Actually, my shop manual says 405 ft-lb. Air impact seems to be the way to do it.

I wimped out and let my local tire shop install a new track bar on mine. About $100 labor. Worth it.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Actually, my shop manual says 405 ft-lb. Air impact seems to be the way to do it.

I wimped out and let my local tire shop install a new track bar on mine. About $100 labor. Worth it.
The 2000-2002 shows 369 and 2003 on shows 406 in my manual.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 06:25 PM
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I also vote impact and loctite.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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Rent the tool. It's just the front end on a four ton vehicle...
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 08:07 PM
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Well, I know my snap on impact is 475 ft-lb (644) Forward, 550 (745) Reverse, so i'm good.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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Rent the tool. It's just the front end on a four ton vehicle...
Do most equipment rental places rent small tools like that? If so thats what I'll do.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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The ones I use do. And many tools smaller than that...
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 03:10 AM
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You're probably going to get the alignment checked anyway so why not let them torque it to spec. Get them as tight as you can at home and then head straight to the shop.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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I did the lift on my truck back in 05. Superlift 4", I took everything apart by hand and put it all back together by hand, no air tools and no torque wrenches. I just used the same length "cheater" to put it back together as I used to take it apart. Nothing ever came apart.
 
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