LCA torque

Dan the man said

I don't know any mechanic or shop technician who torques suspension parts, it's time consuming and time is money to those guy's. I've always tighten them up and put in the counter pin and good to go. I've never had problems and don't know anyone that has. I'm not saying that it's not a good idea.

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I guess you don’t know any good mechanics then!

I’m not claiming that I torque every single nut and bolt to spec, but I absolutely torque major suspension components to spec. The LCA pivot nuts are supposed to be torqued to 145 ft/lbs, that’s well beyond just “tight”

The LCA pivot nuts don’t have cotter pins either.

Tsully said

I’m running poly and did it like it was OE as a just in case and torqued it down to specs.

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That certainly won’t hurt anything, but since the poly bushing rotates on the pivot pin it’s not necessary like it is for the rubber bushings.