How much torque should i use to tighten the strut bar with?

 

I have heard 22psi, but I went with whatever housecor said on his website, it was in nm, I don't remember how much, but his website is www.innerbean.com/housecor and it's under the suspension install writeup. It will tell how much to torque down the strut towers. What kind of strut bar did you get?

 

psi is a unit for pressure. The strut bar should be tightened to about 30-35 Nm, IIRC.


~limsandy

 

Yeah, I believe its around 35 lbs of torque.... or Nm... whatever the right unit is...

 

20 some pounds I believe

 

From Housecor's site:

Use the following torque specs in newton meters (N-m):
- strut to steering knuckle bolts 140-159 N-m
- strut upper mount nuts 39-54 N-m

 

I believe I used 35 on mine.

 

my 00 max has a bracket where the stut bar mounts. Now do i mount it on top of the bracket, under the bracket, or take out the bracket entirely?

 

Got a pic OutMaxxed?

 

sorry no pic but the bracket im talking about sits right under the 3 bolts on top of the strut mount. Its black..

 

no, you take out the black metal bracket, as I recall.....else the bar won't fit.

 

For all of us non-metric guys:

1 Nm = 0.7376 lb-ft

So 35 lb-ft is equal to 47.45 Nm. Housecor's site recommends 39-54 Nm for the strut upper mount nuts, so 35 lb-ft fits within that range nicely.

 

Guess I should've stuck with good ol' ft. lbs. BTW - These figures are pulled straight out of the Haynes manual if you want to hit the local library/auto parts store.

 

yeah i think on mine i took out the metal bracket or else it wasn't gonna fit..... can't quite remember though. i'm sure you'll find out when u do it

 

Thanks for clearing that up.... I just remembered it was 35 something...

 

thanks for the feedback everyone