Replaced Lower Ball joint: damaged tie rod? over torqued bolts?

So I relpaced both passenger and drivers side LBJ's yesterday. the drivers side boot was cracked and leaking grease. I kept hearing that if you're replacing one, just do both, so I did.

I'm looking for input / advice on two things.
My first question is about the 4 bolts that attach the spindle and LBJ. If I over torqued these, should I replace them and torque them no higher than spec? I have no idea how tight I made them. My torque wrench turned out to be broken so I tightened everything by hand. Probably above the 59 ft/lb for four bolts, above? 103 ft/lb for the lbj castle nut, and above? 67 ft/lb for the tie rod castle nut.


My second question is regarding the outter tie rods. I was banging the LBJ to knock the tie rod loose and I also struck the tie rod bolt as well. i.e. I struck down on the bolt portion of the tie rod to push it downwards, out of the LBJ. Did I ruin the tie rods? I did this on both sides. I checked both tie rods for play after I knocked them loose, and both seemed fine, no play along its axis. I do think I smooshed the threads a bit, the castle nut was hard to get onto the bolt. Both bolts of the tie rod were spinning when I was putting on the castle nut. I had to squeeze the tie rod to the LBJ with a c clamp to give it enough pressure so the bolt wouldn't spin while i was threading the nut. Does that make sense?

Thank you all!

 

Buy eight LBJ bolts from the dealer.

Replace one bolt on one side but do not torque it down.

Then replace the next bolt, and the third, and finally the fourth.

Now torque the four bolts to the specification.

Repeat the process for the other side.

 

I'll get new bolts on Monday presuming they have em in stock.

Should I not be worried about over torquing the tie rod and lbj castle nuts? I was reading about over torquing bolts and how it stretches. My thought was that I could have stretched the bolts that are part of the actuall ball joint and tie rod assemblies.

 

I installed the 4 new bolts for each side. I checked the torque on one tie rod castle nut and it was def over torqued and I backed it off a bit.

Do you all think I should be worried about the over torqued tie rod or ball joint stem?

 

You are correct, you should be concerned about proper torque (over or under).
The Haynes manual has all the proper torque values for the critical nuts and bolts. If you don't have one, GET ONE.
Also get a new torque wrench, if you haven't already. Re-torque all those critical (ie - brake, suspension, steering) nuts/bolts that you have guessed at, especially the ones you 'backed off', your life may depend on it.