I went up to 140 ft-lbs, felt pretty solid, gave me a single thread showing past the nut and literally ended pushing the pitman arm up the shaft to exactly (+/- 0.050") the same place as where it was resting on the factory box. So I called it "quits" at that time!

The rest of the suspension pieces (so the tie-rods and steering linkage) are now all connected back up as well. That part of the project is done and that frees me up to finish the motor.

Thank you for the feedback everyone!