How much pressure does this Nut have when truck is on the ground?

I'm trying to remove this nut on my Second Gen because its completely stripped I was able to tighten it pretty tight AND i been driving for a couple weeks now I got the safety clip in their but I was recently seeing the "ball joint Failures" I must say that I'm kinda scared now lol.
Anyway.... I have the nut I bought one from the dealer soon after I stripped this one just never really paid much attention since the "safety pin was in.... but I'm thinking I should replace it now to give it more secure tight.

Like I said the nut is stripped I know that may not be a probable cause but it could mean it may need more pressure to tighten.

Main question was how much pressure does this nut have??? I didn't want to remove nothing but I'm pretty sure I will have too lol..... just being lazy


By the way My truck is a 2013 with maxtrac spindle which makes it a little more tuff to get too.

 

Personally, if it were me, I would leave it be since you have the cotter pin in place. The nut isn't going to fall off.

 

I would still run it. But then again I don't torque anything to spec unless its subject the warp.

 

Well the nut is secure, its just the nut that tightens up the spindle to the upper control arm. Its a stock UCA but the spindle is Maxtrac as illustrated above. Like said, the nut is tighten to the point where I can not longer tighten it without the socket slipping. The nut is tighten tho, the pin is in from side to side.......

 

I wouldn't mess with it at this point as you might damage it more. Have the alignment shop replace the nut to appease your mind since after all, you're here asking if its safe.

I wouldn't bother with it personally though.

 

This nut right here.

I dont own a torque wrench:/

I ended up stripping this nut the day we installed the spindles trying to finish up the truck very late at night were so stressed out about other crap that went wrong and we needed the truck early the next morning. Anyway while finishing up trying to be done quick we some how stripped it.

 

Yea I mean honestly it hasent bothered me at all since the pin went in there safely but I saw these "ball joint failure pics" kinda scared me hahaa
been driving with it like that, thankfully nothing has happen yet so I assume its nice secure just kinda got itchy about it. Actually its sitting in a shop right now since I was involved in an accident so I was thinking it was one of the first things I should do when I get it back lol.

 

Ok.

So have you had the alignment done yet?

 

Since it's sitting in a shop right now. Just have them replace the nut and cotter pin.

 

Me either.... I just hand tighten my lug nuts.

 

So the nut is stripped but you can tighten it? Usually a stripped nut spins in place and can't be tightened?

 

I'd use Teflon tape on the threads there Britt, keeps the lug nut from rattling off, old plumber's trick.

 

All joking aside, if you're worried about it OP, get it fixed properly, a ball joint is inexpensive, compared to the alternative.

 

haha you safe?

 

The edges of the nut is stripped.

 

Regardless if the nut is stripped, what i'm understanding is that the nut was not actually torqued to a known value, let alone a correct value. The fact that the nut thread did not correctly align, means even if a torque wrench was used, much of your torque was busy re-threading the stud (or vice versa) so the BJ could actually still even be too loose. You're asking what should be done, meaning you're concerned. The wise answer is get it fixed correctly.

 

This thread is attacking and pushing my OCD limits to the fucking edge.
Doording nailed it imo.

 

Thanks will do. My main question was will have to remove everything or can I do it in place lol? Being a lil lazy during the week

 

I think a lot of you are missing the point he was making as he used the incorrect terminology.

He said the nut was stripped. Which means to most people the threads...

What I understand is that the threads are fine, but the Flats on the Nut are Rounded Off.

Granted that will indicate that the torque value is unknown. And they used the incorrect wrench.

 

Yup. Ive never seen someone use a torque wrench on every nut and bolt when they were putting something back together. I doubt most people do. Doesn't make it by the book, on this one, BFD. My lift has been on for 4 years and 30k miles. My ball joints haven't fallen apart. Only reason I would replace that nut is that it will be a royal pain after a few years to get off with rounded edges.