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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34947 |
for those that know, how critical are the torque settings for the tightening of the nuts/bolts on the lower arms/ball joints and the track control arms/ball joints..
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11th Mar 2016 3:11pm |
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lighthouse Member Since: 22 Feb 2016 Location: Great Notley Posts: 513 |
Normally they only lost a torque value for a nut or bolt if it is important. I would stick with whats in WM. |
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11th Mar 2016 3:28pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
Torque levels are there to ensure that you don't over do the pudding and strip a thread or snap a bolt.... An over torqued bolt can appear to be fine, but it can snap without warning You want to see what happens to Nissan Partols when you over torque the wheel nuts...... there you going down the road minding your own business and then ping,ping,ping.....oh look that wheel that is rolling past looks just like mine..... D'OH!!
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11th Mar 2016 3:59pm |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34947 |
thanks Paul...so having the nuts slightly over tightened wouldnt affect the 'arms' from doing their job properly.. ... - .- -.
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11th Mar 2016 4:04pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
It shouldn't, as long as you had the vehicle's weight on the arm when it was tightened, and I would strongly advise getting a torque wrench on them asap, and if it clicks without moving... I'd be inclined just to loosen it a bit and re-tighten with the wrench. Unfortunately now a days everything is engineered to the n'th degree and there is a fine line between and .... 50 years ago everything was over engineered and you could jump on the wheel brace doing up a wheel and there was no consequences..... now a days it could end in tears
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11th Mar 2016 4:16pm |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34947 |
great advice as usual , thanks .. ... - .- -.
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11th Mar 2016 4:21pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
I've just read Rave...... and without the use of a 4 post ramp, that could prove to be a tricky thing......However, personally when faced with a conundrum like that I would stick a good old trolley jack under the ball joint end of the arm and lift, just as the cars' weight is placed on the jack.. tighten up the bolt to said torque... yes in an ideal world the car should be sitting on all 4's weight evenly distributed before tightening, but at least with my method the suspension has weight on it so the bushes wont be too far out
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12th Mar 2016 10:39am |
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holidaychicken Member Since: 06 Nov 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 1086 |
I bought some cheap railway sleepers and drove the front end up onto two of them at the front which gave me more clearance but trying to achieve the correct torque and the further 90 degree turn or whatever it was proved really difficult because unless you are really strong the torque wrench needs to be long and then you can't swing it. i just about managed it using a swivel head bar and turned it one flat at a time after reaching the required torque. |
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12th Mar 2016 11:36am |
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