Texas Camper answered the email by 2bcs1jrt to my original start of this thread, which is great, since I am a newbie, and I appreciate any input by the experienced owners. And the installation is pretty straight forward, as stated by Texas Camper. My 2003, 2720 was not welded (but I understand that some of the later models are), and the self installation went smoothly, albeit with a bunch of jacks and jack stands. The installation kit includes 2, 2 1/2" boxed steel pieces with holes already drilled in the proper locations; 4 5/8" x ~4", 18 threads/inch, #5 hardened bolts; 8 flat washers; and 4 "squeezed" nuts that act as locking nuts.
But I never did find out what owners torqued the bolts to, as my original question for the start of this thread. I ended up torqueing (sp?) to 125 ft/lbs., then pulling it to check out the tracking (looked good), and then retorqued to 140 ft/lbs. Does this sound about right ???
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