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quote:Originally posted by Exnavydiver
Another item you need to check is the U-bolts around the axles. Several of us have had them loosen to the point that the axles shifted and destroyed tires. Torque them to 75 lbs. You probably should not use an extension on the torque wrench. Just use a deep socket. There should be 4 nuts on each end of each axle. Just another item on the "things to check" list....
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Excellent advice, my Montana is now three months old with less the 250 miles on it and I just crawled out from under it amazed at how loose those axles U-Bolts were. Started out with the Torque wrench set at 50 lbs and 16 of the 18 bolts weren't even torqued to 50 lbs. I would say this information just saved me some misery down the road. If I don't have enough to worry about with the Marathon Tires on this new 5ver one would think the Axle U-Bolts were torqued to spec. Excellent advise, thanks.