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Installed FSTB, now car pulls to the right.

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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:33 PM
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Installed FSTB, now car pulls to the right.

I put it on today, and I could swear I felt the car pulling to the right more than I had ever noticed before. The wheel felt a little foreign too.

I didn't use a torque wrench, because I didn't have one, so I tightened the bolts using feel as my torque meter. Snug, but not too snug.

Is it possible that unevenly tightened bolts could lead to the car pulling to the right even if the difference was only by a few ft/lbs on each bolt?

Would getting a torque wrench and equally tightening them to say 34 ft/lbs solve my problem, or is there something else going on here.

(It's a Paradox lightweight bar if that matters)
A32 Alutec lightweight aluminum strut bar
Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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try taking it off and drive and see if that really is the cause of the problem, I can see how a FSTB could cause that.
Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:53 PM
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Check tire psi. Or just get used to it. Mine pull to the right
Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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never heard of this happening b4. i think if anything, it was like that before hand, and you just notice it now cause your trying "pay attention" and feel if your fstb made a difference. not using a torque wrench should affect the alignment on your car at all since those bolts dont adjust you alignment. id take it off, and see what happens. if theres a diffenece in the pull, i would imagine that mabye your alighment was off to begin with, and by eliminating the flex in the front of the car, it mave have somehow just exagerated the problem. i think this is highly unlikely, but worst case just put it on and get an alighment then. just my opionion
Old Mar 6, 2005 | 09:12 PM
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Or when you put in on maybe your steering was not straight...
Old Mar 6, 2005 | 11:39 PM
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while we are on subject. are fstb's designed to push the fenders apart or pull them towards each other ?
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 01:19 AM
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Neither... or both depending on how you look at it, they're supposed to hold them steady in relation to each other, eliminating body flex.
Old Mar 7, 2005 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by paultyler_82
Neither... or both depending on how you look at it, they're supposed to hold them steady in relation to each other, eliminating body flex.
Whats funny is, I dont think they do much to be honest. If you ever notice, pretty much all the strut bars available have a screw joint... if the vehicle is turning and there is flex, the bar is just going to flex at that joint.
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