I've got new parabolics on the rear and refurb'd leaf springs with new u-bolts on the front.
I take from some of the posts above that jacking the chassis up near each spring to take some load off while I tighten up would be a good idea to avoid stripping any threads.
As for torquing them up.. there's an inch of visible thread above the base plates on the front, and more already below the nuts there, so I'd have to cut the bottom of the u-bolts off with an angle grinder to get a socket over the nuts as I work them up the threads. On the back, I've already got enough u-bolt beneath the nuts to have to cut them off to get a socket over the nuts there. Is cutting like this usual or are people just locating the axle on the base plate's pin, tigthening the u-bolt nuts evenly and setting the locking tabs and calling it done?
