Hard time w LCA's Today

[mrmo]

Starred some mods to the '22 Willys (diesel). Installed a new front bumper, have a Badlands 12k to go on it. Today I added ACE bars, and a Terraflex 1.5 leveling kit. I bought the Mopar LCA's to add on. I had a hell of a time getting the nuts off the bolts. I tried a 1/2 impact on them, didnt phase em. Used a 3/4 drive impact, nothin...
Ended up with a breaker and a 2ft piece of pipe and finally broke them free. WTF. They had to be 200ftlbs. Any one else had issues with these damn things

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[Dougstdig]

Starred some mods to the '22 Willys (diesel). Installed a new front bumper, have a Badlands 12k to go on it. Today I added ACE bars, and a Terraflex 1.5 leveling kit. I bought the Mopar LCA's to add on. I had a hell of a time getting the nuts off the bolts. I tried a 1/2 impact on them, didnt phase em. Used a 3/4 drive impact, nothin...
Ended up with a breaker and a 2ft piece of pipe and finally broke them free. WTF. They had to be 200ftlbs. Any one else had issues with these damn things

If I’m not mistaken I believe the torque spec is 190 foot pounds

 

[Ar4130]

Just did mine recently. Getting them off was easy. Used a Milwaukee M18 mid torque impact, which had no problem with them.

Hard part was re-tourqueing back to 190 ft lbs! Not easy when she is on the ground and space is limited

 

[bleda2002]

Starred some mods to the '22 Willys (diesel). Installed a new front bumper, have a Badlands 12k to go on it. Today I added ACE bars, and a Terraflex 1.5 leveling kit. I bought the Mopar LCA's to add on. I had a hell of a time getting the nuts off the bolts. I tried a 1/2 impact on them, didnt phase em. Used a 3/4 drive impact, nothin...
Ended up with a breaker and a 2ft piece of pipe and finally broke them free. WTF. They had to be 200ftlbs. Any one else had issues with these damn things

They literally are ~200 foot lbs. Hopefully you also retorqued them back to 190

 

[j.o.y.ride]

Get a better impact gun

 

[Broke Owner]

I used a 1/2 dewalt, took a couple of tries but broke them loose. Haven’t been able to reach the 190 to re-torque. I was thinking about using some rams I have and raise the front to give me more room.

 

[mrmo]

I have nothing to get them to 190 ftlbs....who does.

 

[j.o.y.ride]

I have nothing to get them to 190 ftlbs....who does.

You just gotta be willing to grunt them in with a long torque wrench. I impact them on as far as possible first. And don't do it lifted, should be on the ground.

 

[bleda2002]

I have nothing to get them to 190 ftlbs....who does.

I also struggled with this at first but ended up using a floor jack. Had a helper basically pump the jack for me while I held the wrench on the bolt. It wasn't quick but I also wasn't dying either.

 

[20blue]

Milwaukee m18 off floor jack on made it a easy job

 

[mrmo]

Milwaukee m18 off floor jack on made it a easy job

youre telling me the M18 torqued them to 190 or better?

 

[20blue]

youre telling me the M18 torqued them to 190 or better?

No I used the m18 to take off...floor jack and torque wrench to torque it back to 190

 

[Jeepin' John]

Get 4 rhino ramps To have the jeep sitting on the "ground" 6" higher and then grab a decent torque wrench, like a 250-ft lb wrench from home depot. No prob getting 190

 

[mrmo]

Ok on the methods. I have a 150 lb wrench. I was going to pull it up on my ramps (all four corners) to give me some working room then do the deed. But buying a 250 lb wrench for one use kinda jerks me a little.

 

[20blue]

Ok on the methods. I have a 150 lb wrench. I was going to pull it up on my ramps (all four corners) to give me some working room then do the deed. But buying a 250 lb wrench for one use kinda jerks me a little.

Should be able to rent one at parts stores

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