I just got the 5 inch Ford oval tube chrome nerf bars today. Of course I was jonesing to put them on so I got home and started right away. I usually never break out the torque wrench unless working on race motors but I did this time just to be safe. So I installed everything per specs and the torque on the bolts that attaches the bar to the bracket says 22 lbs ft torque. I thought it was a little high since it goes into aluminum but thats the instructions so I did it.

And before getting to the torque it felt like it was starting to strip. So I stopped and called the number on the iinstruction sheet. It went to DeeZee.... Had to leave a message for the guy who handles the Ford stuff.

Anyone else have similar experience...? Non of the other bolts got anywhere near 22 ft lbs before I 'felt' they were tight so they got snug plus a little.


My torque wrench is in calibration so that isnt the issue....

 

Sure it wasn't 22 inch pounds? 22 foot pounds sounds way to much for that.

 

I thought the same thing..... I am ABSOLUTELY positive it says FT pounds... I thought the same thing. Thats why I looked again thinking I mis-read it.

I couldnt believe it was 22 ft pounds on aluminum when it was 22 ft lbs for the bolts holding the brackets on the truck... It didnt make sense.

 

Here is a scan of the instruction sheet. The torque setting in question is at the top.

Edited* Removed link to pic since another brother posted it smaller. Thanks!

 

Could you make that picture a little bigger, Im having trouble reading it?

 

Thats a very helpful response. I really appreciate it. That helps me with my issue very much. Thank you...!

Dumb ***....

The picture was scanned into Adobe Acrobat and there are no options to resize it.

 

I just installed the same thing Friday on my truck.
Yes I had the same instruction sheet as you, but mine have steal inserts. I had no problem torquing mine to 22. You can feel the insert "pull" some at first but then once it 'sets' is was rock solid. Maybe you got a bad set? Or maybe I got a set that was damage and repiared with steal inserts?
Did all the bolts strip or just one?

Hope you get it fixed.

 

MS paint allows you to resize a jpg. file. If you look at the size of what you posted, its 23 megs. The poor guy on dialup might wait 30 minutes for that pic to load

 

try that

 

Not to mention having to scroll back & forth just to read the post.

 

Thanks for posting a smaller pic. I have removed mine. Although I dont think people can read the pic you posted I am sure the people that needed to read it read it.

Thanks jbone108...!


Sorry for the large pic guys. Like I said, Adobe Acrobat doesnt allow resize. At least in none of the options I found. So due to my impatience and need to get an answer right away I posted the large pic. Sorry again to all you dial up folks...!