Discussion question , rear trailing arms

[Newsguy]

You must torque them at ride height, or the ball joints will be stressed, and quickly fail.

[speedyspaghetti]

Originally Posted by Newsguy

You must torque them at ride height, or the ball joints will be stressed, and quickly fail.

How is one supposed to do this in a regular garage? There's no way to get a torque wrench in there with it on the ground.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by speedyspaghetti

How is one supposed to do this in a regular garage? There's no way to get a torque wrench in there with it on the ground.

Speedy, you will have to become a bit creative, what I have done in the past is having the rear wheels (most weight) on the ramps and the front axles supported with jack stands under the ball joint right against the brake rotor.

But you have to be careful and put something underneath the frame (on both sides of the frame) to keep the car from squeezing you in case the jack stands slip..