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Torque settings front strut to wishbone/ball joint
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:51 pm
by storeyn
Just put my front damper back on and checked the torque settings in the workshop manual
They said 34 lbs ft which seems a bit low to me... any thoughts?
Also couldn’t find a setting for the strut top plate to inner wing? I went for 34 again but wasn’t 100% sure...
Re: Torque settings front strut to wishbone/ball joint
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:46 am
by Jon Tilson
No that's fine and for a nylock nut...did you use a new one? I dont always....
The top fixing in the wing is only on small studs held in to a plate so 20 would be enough....34 isnt far off snapping them IMO.
Jonners
Re: Torque settings front strut to wishbone/ball joint
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:59 pm
by storeyn
Thanks Jonners
I didn’t use a new one, the ones that were on were relatively new.
I’ll adjust the top ones, don’t want to put too much stress on them
Thanks for your help
Nigel
Re: Torque settings front strut to wishbone/ball joint
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 10:21 pm
by Flyfisherman
I did mine to 14 lbf - I used the same torque setting for the front anti roll bar to front strut as the both us a 5/16" unf nut.
Shame there is not torque loading for these nuts, but there is for the rears 1/4" unf @ 9 lbf
Paul