Torque settings for front suspension

[Nefarious]

Well, the weekend saw me successfully reduce the front end of the car to a big pile of components and several sandwich bags of nuts, bolts and washers.
I'm going to be taking this week to strip, galvanise, paint and rebush everything before next weekend (hopefully).
But just as I took the last bolt off, it occured to me that the torque settings in the workshop manual for putting it all back together are totally illegible.

Don't suppose anyone's got a list of torque settings to hand? Rears would be useful too, as they're the next job on the list.

[peteA]

Nefarious said:

Well, the weekend saw me successfully reduce the front end of the car to a big pile of components and several sandwich bags of nuts, bolts and washers.
I'm going to be taking this week to strip, galvanise, paint and rebush everything before next weekend (hopefully).
But just as I took the last bolt off, it occured to me that the torque settings in the workshop manual for putting it all back together are totally illegible.

Don't suppose anyone's got a list of torque settings to hand? Rears would be useful too, as they're the next job on the list.

Whilst my suspension is only partially stripped - discs, suspension unit, ARB - I would be interested to know the answer to this...

I can appreaciate torque setting for cylinder heads and engine components, etc but would have thought suspension, brake items would be as tight as possible...?

[caduceus]

I too did this thread some time ago.
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...

Hope this thread bears better fruit than mine did.

[mikesr]

These are what I unearthed when I was doing mine (from PH posts and reading the manual)
There are several torque settings within the text itself

Calliper mounting 40 to 45 ft/lb
Calliper 40 to 45 ft/lb

Upper Ball Joint 50 to 55 ft/lb
Upper Ball Joint cap heads 20 to 25 ft/lb

Lower Ball Joint 50 to 55 ft/lb
Lower Ball Joint cap heads 20 to 25 ft/lb

Steering Arm cap heads 45 to 50 ft/lb

Lower front damper 55 ft/lb
Inner track control arm 55 ft/lb

Front damper 45 to 50 ft/lb
Front suspension mounts 45 to 50 ft/lb

Steering arm/track rod end 60 to 70 ft/lb
Track rod end locknut 40 to 45 ft/lb

Front ARB M10 x 15 bolts 30 ft lb

[Nefarious]

Thanks Mark.

N.B. for others reading the thread - the advice from Steve Heath is to reduce the recommended torque settings by 20-25% if you're lubricating the bolts with copper grease (as you should be if you ever want it to come apart again!)