killerVQ30DE

Can't wait to put my front strut bar on tonight, but I'm worried about torquing the bolts without a torque wrench.... Can you just tighten hard and back off a 1/4 like i've heard?

Doc

Personally I would wait for the torque wrench.

1996blackmax

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Just buy a torque wrench. I picked one up at Pep Boys for not much more than $20 dollars. It is a handy tool to have, especially when working on the car.

nadir_s

yeah, if you do'nt have the torque wrench as part of your toolset, time to buy one.

Ceasars Chariot

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i have seen one in repco for under 3o dollars i think it was. i didnt use a torque wrench on mine ?

killerVQ30DE

Yeah repco it is then.. thanks guys

btw, I had a crack at the bolts tonight, think I'll need either a breaker bar or some penetrating oil there pretty stuck. 235kms on the clocks probably helped

Ceasars Chariot

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man you might have to drop by someplace with some high dollar tools and let them power drive them off, lol ! just to loosen them up

nosispower

I bought a torque wrench at Autozone for 10 dollars. It'll come in handy for a lot of other things too.

Chris99SE

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I installed my strut bar with no torque wrench, they are strut bolts, IMO they should be a tight as an air wrench can make them.

ti2tmax

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I didn't have a torque wrench either, but do now. I just took a 1ft wrench and put about half my body weight against it, boom 75ft-lbs.

Terran

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You couldn't be more wrong. Spec is only 30 ft-lbs which I believe is about 1/10 of what an air wrench could do.

From the maxima.org modifications page:

"WARNING.. bling! bling! When you're putting back the three nuts, DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN! Torque to 30 pounds +/- 2. You do not want to have the bolts stripped. If you have them too tight, when you corner hard, you might rip the bolts off, so be smart. don't over tighten"

Torgus

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you don't need to tq it down. but it is a good idea.

BLaKtOut

so wats the correct lb to torque it too 30 or what cause i even read one time as low as 14

Cliff MA

I thought it was more like 40 lb/ft for a 4th gen?
I definitely suggest using a torque wrench...I have seen someone break off the bolt and it was not fun having to replace the strut mount.

You can probably rent for free a torque wrench from autozone or pepboys.

nadir_s

i believe its 34lb for the fstb

nismology

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29-40 lb/ft per the FSM.

Terran

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I think that's the rear.