WTF! I might have stripped the tower nut.

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06-30-2003, 08:38 AM

HSVMaxima

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WTF! I might have stripped the tower nut.

Saturday I decided to clean the throttle body. To make this easier I removed my FSTB. When putting it back on I replaced the rubber washers I had used with metal washers because the passenger side was still touching the gold piece that runs beside it (I don't know what it is called but it is part of the AC line). I hand tightened the nuts back on and then used the torque wrench set to 34 lbs. Now two of the nuts on each side just keep turning and not getting any tighter. They are not loose because I can't untighten them by hand. Am I just screwed now? Thanks for the help.

06-30-2003, 09:34 AM

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i dont really know whats wrong but if u post this thread in the WestCoast section .... you'll get responses.... we got some pretty knowledgeable max owners in that section....
shout out to all the So Cal max owners and the ones up north

06-30-2003, 10:20 AM

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Re: WTF! I might have stripped the tower nut.

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Originally posted by HSVMaxima
Saturday I decided to clean the throttle body. To make this easier I removed my FSTB. When putting it back on I replaced the rubber washers I had used with metal washers because the passenger side was still touching the gold piece that runs beside it (I don't know what it is called but it is part of the AC line). I hand tightened the nuts back on and then used the torque wrench set to 34 lbs. Now two of the nuts on each side just keep turning and not getting any tighter. They are not loose because I can't untighten them by hand. Am I just screwed now? Thanks for the help.

Sounds like the nut or the bolt is stripped. When you take the nut off, which looks stripped?

Tom (East Cost Max Owner)