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No problem spicergear, it's easy to miss things. I'll keep an eye on them ICAT; if they loosen up again, I'll replace them. I hear you James, my rule is if the spring pack comes out (usually with broken leaves), it gets new u-bolts going back in.

I don't know if I've ever seen lock nuts for spring u-bolts. Spring u-bolt nuts are longer for a larger thread contact area. I didn't over-torque them. I used a torque wrench. Please reread the first post; last sentence in 2nd to last paragraph. My example in post #6 was just that, an example...

I did. It's pounds of force x length of arm. If you put 75 lbs of force on a 4 foot lever you get 300 FT-LBS. I figured 300 FT-LBS was minimum. The old timer at the spring shop I got the u-bolts from said to use a 4 foot pipe and not to worry about breaking them. That was a long time ago...

I pressure washed the Deuce today and afterwards did an inspection front to back. I look at everything from suspension to drive train, brakes, oil drain plugs :gimp:, etc When I was checking the front axle springs and u-bolts I noticed the lock washers on the spring u-bolts did not look fully...