[Ford Freak]

Thanks for the help. I started putting everything together and this happened.... Of course places that might have what I need are closed tomorrow. From what I can tell in the service manual, the bolt should be torques 70-94 ft-lb. I set the wrench to 85. While inserting it and running down, there was very little resistance so it wasn't cross threaded.

 

[Ford Freak]

I'm not saying you're wrong, I just never had that problem before. I've worked on aircraft engines for 10 plus years. I was taught and always went straight to the middle of the range that was specified unless the said otherwise. Similar to head bolts. Then again, most of the stuff wasn't exposed to the elements. The only ones I usually had problems with were in the hot section and usually broke during removal.

I was thinking a bad bolt myself or just weakened from exposure to the elements.

 

[Ford Freak]

I decided to look in the Chilton manual I have. For the same bolt, it says 40 ft-lb. I think that torque value is messed up in the service manual.

ETA: I looked at the front shock absorber replacement steps in the Mazda service manual. The torque value listed there is 33-38 ft-lb. Someone goofed up the torque values in the passenger side CV shaft replacement procedure.