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I'm upgrading to Power Disk Brakes. When installing the new spindles on my 68 SS, my Detroit Iron CDROM with the factory service manual says to torque the upper ball joint nut to 50 lbft and the lower to 65 lbft. This conflicts with the friendly advice given on the DIY Network Classic Car Restoration, where the nice person working on the 68 Camaro suspension said only to snug it and then back it off to line up the cotter pin hole.
I went with the service manual instructions and torqued to the recommended spec. Now my new spindles don't turn with ease. I can turn them back and forth with one hand, but they have a high level of resistance. The ball joints almost feel like they are binding up. Is this just the characteristic of a new ball joint? Should I expect it to lossen up as it breaks in?
...or do I need to loosen those ball joint nuts and free the buggers up a bit?
None of the rest of the steering linkage is hooked up yet, so the ball joints are the only source of resistance.
Advice please...
I went with the service manual instructions and torqued to the recommended spec. Now my new spindles don't turn with ease. I can turn them back and forth with one hand, but they have a high level of resistance. The ball joints almost feel like they are binding up. Is this just the characteristic of a new ball joint? Should I expect it to lossen up as it breaks in?
...or do I need to loosen those ball joint nuts and free the buggers up a bit?
None of the rest of the steering linkage is hooked up yet, so the ball joints are the only source of resistance.
Advice please...