Festiva control arm question

[moz]

Hi guys,
Im preparing to do my kia rio brake swap on my 121.
Does anybody know how much torque/force should be applied when tightening the control arm to the car body?
I need to remove it to replace the bushes.

The reason im asking this is that a month or two ago i removed the control arm whilst changing a drive shaft. When putting the control arm back on I noticed that I didnt have to tighten too much before i began to bend the sheet metal on the outer hole that the control arm bolt goes through.
I then removed the bolt and used some loctite to put the bolt back without over tightening.

Can anybody clarify either a torque setting or whether the loctite way is fine?

moz

[Damkid]

Festiva control arm question

Just think of it this way, if that bolt falls out, you lose control of your steering

I don't know the torque specs (arty probably would lol) but I'd make sure it's tight as hell

[Safety Guy]

Moz, if I were you I'd post a picture of that sheet metal deformation. It doesn't sound right to me.

Karl

[moz]

Re: Festiva control arm question

Moz, if I were you I'd post a picture of that sheet metal deformation. It doesn't sound right to me.

Karl

I'll get one up when I start doing the swap.
The metal isn't deformed. It was pulling in towards the female thread though. I stopped tightening before any deformation took place.

I did notice that when I removed the bolt, it wasn't as tight as I expected. It did have thread locker on it though.