Steering arm torque?

[burner31]

No torque listed in my book for these.
Anyone have a number for me, for when these come in and I reinstall.

[1931 flamingo]

Tight.........
Paul in CT I don't believe there were ever any torque values published for an A, only later did values come about for head, rear axle, etc. Common sense comes into play here also.

[WestCoast]

the torque is, a big socket, a long breaker bar and strong arms, if your real nervous use lock tight on the threads

[J Franklin]

A long breaker bar may break a bolt.

[Big hammer]

Tight!! I have used two combination wrenches,box end on nut,2nd wrench box end thru
the first open end,making cheater wrenches. Tighten,smack bolt head,then tighten
1/8 of a turn more. If that bolt/nut comes loose, you and your car will look ugly :-(

[Mitch//pa]

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4 good common sense burps of the impact @ 120 psi. The last burp should line up the cotter pin

[Larry Jenkins]

Originally Posted by 1930 coupe

Do not go crazy with a cheater bar and over tighten it. If you over tighten it, it may be close to the breaking point an may pop when you hit a pot hole. You can tell when a bolt is tight without a torque wrench, it will suddenly become very hard to turn and fell like it hit bottom, if you force the bolt past this point you are stretching the bolt, or damaging the threads or causing damage to whatever the bolt is connected to. A steering arm will not come off unless the bolt is completely removed because there is a notch in the shaft. Use common sense tighten the bolt until it feels tight and put the cotter pin in it and it will not come off.

Great response. One with a lot of technical reasoning..

[Indiana A. Lover]

Tighten tight cotter pins bent correct when in doubt lock tite blue . I plan on a banzi 150 mph run in my 27 essex every thing is tight and cotter pined plus blue lock tite.I aint scared