subframe bolts

[george mills]

I've used a new nut and bolt on one side and used nut and bolt on the
other. On the side with the new the bolt came out looking pretty much
cooked from the beating I delivered, and on the other side it came out
without much of a problem looking good.
Amen to a zerk fitting for the ball joint Dave, but I think it would
be better located on the side as with it on the bottom it would soon
be gone. My wish list would be a separate ball joint that could be
mounted on the control arm because the whole thang is pretty spendy on
a 44. Not quite as bad as the camber links on the rear tho :)

Best wishes for the Holiday Season,
Geo

>The problem on the balljoint isn't the bolt - its the locknut. Look at
>the torque spec and you can see the torque spec is pretty low. So low
>you really don't have to worry about stretching the bolt threads. But
>the locknut shouldn't be reused.
>Point 2 on ball joint bolts is to alway insert as the book sez - bolt
>head goes to the front of the vehicle. If the nut _were_ to fall off,
>yer much less likely to have it fall out. If its one thing type 44
>suspensions _need_ its grease zerks threaded to the seal plate at the
>bottom of the joint.