LCA bolts

[calgator73]

About 8 months after an alignment job by the dealer I started experiencing a pretty significant clunk in the front end on hard left hand turns usually parking lot speeds almost at lock.  Occasionally get the same on hard rights too.

 

Discovered that the lower control arm attachment bolts are TTY and only to be used for a single use. And then I found some evidence of a TSB that indicates you can over torque those fasteners to about 130 foot pounds.

 

Asked a local shop to investigate and they found 3 out of four bolts loose and retorqued.   I've ordered the MOOG    K100421 lower control arm bolt kit that is completely reusable and not TTY. 

 

Is the 80 ft pounds a realistic number?  Anyone have experience with those bolts?

[davester]

You might find the specs on https://lemon-manuals.la/

or subscribe to alldata.com for your truck.