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Hello! New owner here. I had the wonderfully unfortunate luck of having a mechanic inform me that the crossmember was apparently too bent out of shape to do a wheel allignment. I have since managed to remove the old frame and partially installed a replacement one, but I cannot for the life of me find anything regarding what the bolts should be torqued to. I cant find anything in my shop manuals or online, so any information (be it the actual specs or showing me a thread where this was asked and solved 17 years ago) would be very much appreciated. Thank you all in advance!
If you have all of the old correct hardware(strength class, 8.8, 9.9 etc) I believe you buy new with the same specifications for bolts. Nuts, I believe you use new prevailing torque flanged washer spec'd. Fastening torque? There are very good calculators out there for threaded fasteners.
This is just one and remember they're only suggested.
Wait ... What? ... Which cradle is in the pic? ... Torque them by size ... 8mm 20-25ftlbs ... 10mm 30-35ftlbs ... 12mm 50-55ftlbs
That is a picture of the old cradle after I successfully yanked it out. The passenger side control arm tower is apparently dented on the right side somehow, and thusly in need of replacement. Also the steering rack is cracked. Anyways many thanks, this is very useful information!
If you have all of the old correct hardware(strength class, 8.8, 9.9 etc) I believe you buy new with the same specifications for bolts. Nuts, I believe you use new prevailing torque flanged washer spec'd. Fastening torque? There are very good calculators out there for threaded fasteners.
This is just one and remember they're only suggested.
88-91 Engine Cradle/Crossmember Replacement
