Torques

[Subru]

I got some struts coming for my car and I found out I need to tighten the lower strut bolts to over 120ft lb (over 160 for the rear) and my torque wrench only goes to about 90, what should I do because I would rather not buy another torque wrench... Is there another way to get them about right?

btw are these the right torque setting for the lower strut bolts? (129 for front and 162 for rear and 14.5 for top bolts (ft-lb))

 

Cheers.

[loner]

Just tighten all the lower bolts as much as you can. No way you can over tighen them. The top strut bolts just hand tight with a 12mm spanner... No need to torque them. 

[Subru]

3 minutes ago, loner said:

Just tighten all the lower bolts as much as you can. No way you can over tighen them. The top strut bolts just hand tight with a 12mm spanner... No need to torque them. 

Will do,

cheers :):)

[Zeus]

What is thus torque you speak of haha. tight is tight ;-) #YOLO

[Subru]

1 hour ago, Zeus said:

What is thus torque you speak of haha. tight is tight ;-) #YOLO

haha fair enough, I guess I will know if they come loose

[calebwrx]

Your torque specs are correct. Bottom 2 bolts in the strut clevis go as tight as you can get them, the studs on the top go to 14.5 ft Lbs, be careful not to over tighten them or the stud will probably snap, they're only little, speaking from experience

Edited November 28, 2016 by calebwrx

[Subru]

52 minutes ago, calebwrx said:

Your torque specs are correct. Bottom 2 bolts in the strut clevis go as tight as you can get them, the studs on the top go to 14.5 ft Lbs, be careful not to over tighten them or the stud will probably snap, they're only little, speaking from experience

Just done the front  struts and I was starting the rear when I stripped the nut fully around, i used 556 crc before but it was so tight it stripped it however I think It was because I was using the breaker bar and I think that's how I did it (the breaker bar was not properly in line when I was trying to loosen and it twisted it at an angle) anyone have any suggestions on how to get this nut off?

edit: the bolt is really tight so a lot of the suggestions I googled will not work.

[ADIKT]

4 hours ago, calebwrx said:

Your torque specs are correct. Bottom 2 bolts in the strut clevis go as tight as you can get them, the studs on the top go to 14.5 ft Lbs, be careful not to over tighten them or the stud will probably snap, they're only little, speaking from experience

If you over tighten the top bolts you'll either snap them or strip the grooves which lock them in to the mounts (have fun trying to get the nut undone when it just spins! I had to cut 2 out in the race car!) 

[Subru]

1 hour ago, ADIKT said:

If you over tighten the top bolts you'll either snap them or strip the grooves which lock them in to the mounts (have fun trying to get the nut undone when it just spins! I had to cut 2 out in the race car!) 

ohh thats bad xD

I torqued them to the specs because I have torque wrench