jacking up a car with strut bar/torque ?'s

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Jun 15, 2007 | 07:12 PM

mge2790

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jacking up a car with strut bar/torque ?'s

im going to buy a strut bar pretty soon and have 2 questions. the first is do you have to remove the strut bar when jacking one side of the car? it seems like it might bend. next what torque do i need to put the bolts back in at once installing the strut bar? is there any way to tell the torque without using a drill with the electric reader?

Jun 15, 2007 | 07:23 PM

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NO, and just put them on tight. No need to Trq them down to anything specific.

p.s.- Just dont remove the 3 bolts with the car in the air.

-matt

Jun 15, 2007 | 10:02 PM

JtzMax

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Quote:

Originally Posted by matty

p.s.- Just dont remove the 3 bolts with the car in the air.

-matt

Ahhh .. but where is the fun then Matt? lol

Cheers mate!

Jim

Jun 16, 2007 | 09:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by matty

p.s.- Just dont remove the 3 bolts with the car in the air.

-matt

That sounds expensive.

Jun 16, 2007 | 09:26 AM

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DO NOT over torque them, 29-40 is the range you should be in. If you go any tighter you will strip the bolt/nut off.

You don't have to remove the strut bar when jacking up the car.