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Factory Torque Specs vs. Clayton Overland Lift Torque Specs

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Hi everyone, full disclosure, I'm no mechanical genius. I know enough to do some basic wrenching and follow directions.

When working on installing my new Clayton Overland+ lift last night, we got to torquing everything down to factory specs. This is where I noticed a pretty big discrepancy between Clayton's instructions and the JL factory specs.

For example:

Front LCA nuts (reusing factory hardware)
  • Factory specs: 103ft/lbs +50°
  • Clayton's specs: 190ft/lbs
Front UCA nut | bolt (reusing factory hardware)
  • Factory specs: 41ft/lbs + 185° (front nut) | 37ft/lbs + 135° (rear bolt)
  • Clayton's specs: 80ft/lbs (all fasteners)

Do I stick with factory specs? Do I roll with Clayton's increased torque values?

Last thing I want to is shear a bolt or have a failure on the trail due to over-torquing things.
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Hi everyone, full disclosure, I'm no mechanical genius. I know enough to do some basic wrenching and follow directions.

When working on installing my new Clayton Overland+ lift last night, we got to torquing everything down to factory specs. This is where I noticed a pretty big discrepancy between Clayton's instructions and the JL factory specs.

For example:

Front LCA nuts (reusing factory hardware)
  • Factory specs: 103ft/lbs +50°
  • Clayton's specs: 190ft/lbs
Front UCA nut | bolt (reusing factory hardware)
  • Factory specs: 41ft/lbs + 185° (front nut) | 37ft/lbs + 135° (rear bolt)
  • Clayton's specs: 80ft/lbs (all fasteners)

Do I stick with factory specs? Do I roll with Clayton's increased torque values?

Last thing I want to is shear a bolt or have a failure on the trail due to over-torquing things.
Follow Claytons instructions to the letter, they know what their doing over there, and there won’t be any discrepancies if something happens with the lift.
 

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The factory specs call for torquing to a spec (103ft/lb) then turning the wrench by a certain degree more (50 degrees) thus torquing further.

I bet if you measured torque after applying the factory spec, it'd probably be pretty close to the torque suggested by Clayton.
 

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Actually just went through this when doing my Clayton arms. I actually did them both ways to see how close the values were and the Clayton spec is pretty much spot on and easier to do for the average person.
 

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We actually use the same torque specs as factory! Here's a list of factory torque specs just for comparison, but truthfully we always tell everybody to even go a little bit tighter, especially if you're going to be using these off-road at all! :like:

Jeep Wrangler JL Factory Torque Specs vs. Clayton Overland Lift Torque Specs JL Factory Torque Specs
 
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We actually use the same torque specs as factory! Here's a list of factory torque specs just for comparison, but truthfully we always tell everybody to even go a little bit tighter, especially if you're going to be using these off-road at all! :like:

Jeep Wrangler JL Factory Torque Specs vs. Clayton Overland Lift Torque Specs JL Factory Torque Specs
You guys kick butt! Thank you so much for the info! Everyone else too!
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