Well i was outside...and i was getting ready to install the strut bar....i "rented" the torque wrench from HomeDepot...i looked in my toolbox and found me a 6 point 14mm socket and poped the hood...look at the nut and **** that thing is huge...tried 14mm didn;t work..to small....tried 19mm that didn't fit either...so what size is the nut...the faqs said it was 14mm for 95-98 i have a 98 max....

 

14mm is the size for my 1996. Thats a "milti-sided" socket.

"Rented" HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

I tried 15mm too. It was a little loose. 14mm fits on there like a glove. 19mm is way to big.

 

Let me guess. The torque wrench will not be to your satisfaction.

 

 

These are mine. They look different then yours.

 

98 and 99 use 21 or 22 mm. i can never remeber exactly. its the same as an O2 sensor tool.

 

o really....cuz i just measured and i got 22mm and 11/16

 

try to find someone you kno that is a mechanic or somethin just to find out what size the bolts are one of my friends that is always willing to help me out and is a mechanic has any type of wrench i can think of if you dont know any mechanics you could go to a local hardware store and have them go out and look at it they could probably tell u but those are definetly aftermarket bolts so goodluck

 

Yes they are, all the 98-99 max/i30s have those huge ones from the factory

 

You rented a torque wrench to loosen bolts? Congrats, you're legally Retarded.

 

he rented the wrench to torque the bolts back to spec

 

WHo is the retarded one now? lol Dave probly doesnt bother with minor details like torque back to spec lol

 

no i rented as in...buying it from HD and then tomorrow i will return it and get my money back...

 

things look bigger when ya been drinking son. ***'s, chicks are hotter, ect........calm down and just put the dam thing on ....find the right socket and blam ... there ya go ....that pic is of some kinda thing with self locking nuts or something....dont know cause i have been drinking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

 

BTW *** = TlTs

 

They definitely dont look the bolts on my 97. Mine look the same as the above pic, so maybe they were replaced? Dunno..

 

Sunten1's look like mine. I have a Canadian 98 SE 5 spd, and mine look just like lug nuts, except mine are 22mm. I know another Canadian 98 SE 5 spd with 21mm ones that look just like the lug nuts.

 

I got big nutz like that too! I guess I could go down stairs and tell you the exact size.... Your nutz look all crusty though.

THE size is 22mm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See 22mm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i guess no one reads anymore.

 

It must suck to have those big ugly nuts in your car, mine are 14mm and they are clean like black maxima's nuts.

 

who torques to spec anyway? :

 

WTF are those things? They look like lugnuts... ew.. o_O lol

 

I love my clean nuts...

 

22 replies prior to this one...just because the poster was too lazy to try different sockets.

 

ya gotz to cleanz them nuts off boyo

 

no poster wasn't to lazy to try different sockets...poster's biggest socket was 19mm and that didn't fit so poster asked what hell was going on...

 

did ya clean them nuts off yet? lmao

this whole thread is funny

 

Lol wow, you're funny. Did you mean to say torquing back to spec? He's still the retard and you just joined him. If he meant to say he rented the tq wrench to torque them to spec why did he mention the TQ wrench before even taking the nuts off? Yeah. 75% of the ORG is actually dumb enough to use TQ wrenches to loosen stubborn nuts and bolts so him wording his post the way he did wasn't a big surprise to me.

 

dave, youre my hero!

 

it looks like lug nuts on those bolts. weird.

 

So basically you were to lazy to go get bigger sockets than what you had...
To find out what was going on?? Your socket was too small, thats what the hell was going on. You need a bigger one.

 

Lol. I agree with slimer, Dave is the ****, and lunchbox too, if your sockets are too small...maybe its just me, but something would tell me that a bigger one was needed.

 

i just cant help but find this whole thing funny......sorry man i did not mean to pick on ya just - god ya did set your self up on this one- even though you didnt mean to....sorry man.......good luck on the repair....

 

Since when is it illegal to say T I T S? We fight for freedom in Iraq and we dont even have it on the forum!

As for the poster... I think his first mod should be getting a new set of nuts.

Those things look like they're supposed to bolt light poles into the ground.

 

secound time a vet from the cat box dude....

TSGT USAF Reserves (e-6) more like full time as of late.....what ya in?

 

Stand down there flyboy. Its good to be a proud enlisted reservist.

Don't take things so personally. I dont need to prove myself on a maxima forum so I wont.

However you just proved my point.