Shock Torque Specs

[BanjoJeep]

I know there's been threads about shock torque. But they didn't address this question. I'm mainly curious about the accuracy and appropriateness of these numbers, even if they are OEM specs I know that mistakes can be made and there's no errata published. Curious if there's better "real world" guidance from actual mechanics out there, or any info.

Front Upper: 23 N-m / 17 ft-lb
Front Lower: 28 N-m / 250 in-lb (inch-lbs... why? It's 21 ft-lbs but I'm curious why they'd list this one as inch-pounds when all others are ft-lbs)
Rear Upper - 23 ft-lb
Rear Lower: 74 ft-lb (this seems very high, but it's a bigger bolt than the rest so maybe? But this seems like a potential error)

Any advice here? Also, I don't see how I can ever get 17 ft-lbs onto the front upper without destroying the (brand new) bushings.

 

[OldBuzzard]

On the rear lower, 74 ft-lb is fine IF the steel sleeves in the rubber bushings are strong seamless ones. I really like my Black Max shocks, but they used a split steel sleeve, which crushes badly. I replaced the sleeves with solid ones, and 74 ft-lb is no longer a problem.

 

[JMT]

I know there's been threads about shock torque. But they didn't address this question. I'm mainly curious about the accuracy and appropriateness of these numbers, even if they are OEM specs I know that mistakes can be made and there's no errata published. Curious if there's better "real world" guidance from actual mechanics out there, or any info.

Front Upper: 23 N-m / 17 ft-lb
Front Lower: 28 N-m / 250 in-lb (inch-lbs... why? It's 21 ft-lbs but I'm curious why they'd list this one as inch-pounds when all others are ft-lbs)
Rear Upper - 23 ft-lb
Rear Lower: 74 ft-lb (this seems very high, but it's a bigger bolt than the rest so maybe? But this seems like a potential error)

Any advice here? Also, I don't see how I can ever get 17 ft-lbs onto the front upper without destroying the (brand new) bushings.

Those are the specs I have, minus the spec in in-lbs. I just snug up the front upper reasonably to avoid crushing the rubber.

 

[LONGJP2]

Any advice here? Also, I don't see how I can ever get 17 ft-lbs onto the front upper without destroying the (brand new) bushings.

Normally, I like using the torque specs, but I don't consider the shock a 'critical' part.
Snug them up; or pick a number and make them all the same.