I have an 06 acura tl that i go into an accident with a few months ago. the damage was done on the front right wheel, which i then inspected afterwords. i realized that the tie rod was completely bent and everything else seemed in tact, so i went ahead and changed it out the next day after my accident. it was up and running fine, but i took it into an alignment shop where they told me that the control arm was slightly bent. so i changed that out along with a new balljoint on that side. then i started putting the steering knuckle back onto the axle, but i think it didnt want to go in all the way when i was trying to push it in. so, i used my dewalt wireless impact to tighten it down and get it into the hub. everything seemed snug going in, but once i tried to torque it down afterwords with the 181 lb factory torque with my torque, it didn't even move ; as if it was already torqued down or overtightened. but thinking now, hows is that possible if i know for a fact that my impact isnt rated for that high of torque? mind you that my torque wrench is only rated for about 150 lbs or so, and it still did not want to turn any. i even did the same thing to torque it as i did to get it loose : i got on top of the bar with my two feet and couldnt even get the torque wrench to move to tighten. could i have done some sort of damage to the splines of the nut/axle ? i'd really appreciate someone's help, thanks.
Was a long time at all I'm assuming that you got a bad part and if they don't fit right they'll get too tight and they won't turn I see that all the time with aftermarket parts if they're only off by a few thousands of an inch you can make things lock up