Help!

[daveeeeee]

ok the cars jacked up with the old shock n spring out n for some reason i cant veiw the guide on here :S so can someone please tell me what tourqe tha bolts need to be tightend to, theres a table in the guide but i cant get to it, if some one could show me the suspension diagram aswell that would be really helpfull.

cheers

 

[frank]

daveeeeee

do you want the torques in lb/tf or nm ?

 

[Arnold]

You don't need to a torque wrench on these, well i've never used one on mine and it's all ok!

 

[daveeeeee]

lbf ft if you could. guess its not that important then?

 

[ollyc98]

You can't over tighten them by hand if that's what you're worried about. Tighten them to the same tightness they were when you removed them

 

[frank]

strut nut 23-31
leg top bolts 19-22
leg/knucle bolts 58-72

 

[K10]

torque em if you can, its the law.

 

[Speedle]

torque em if you can, its the law.

aye if you have the tools to troque em up do it! if not use a breaker bar and make sure they are tight as a young gir..... well you get the picture!

 

[ollyc98]

But not tight as a scot or you may shear the bolts

 

[Speedle]

i doubt you could sheer the suspension bolts they are very high grade botls considering they are on a very underpowered car

you got the carbs on yet dave? post up some pics of how the beast is coming along!

 

[daveeeeee]

i doubt you could sheer the suspension bolts they are very high grade botls considering they are on a very underpowered car

you got the carbs on yet dave? post up some pics of how the beast is coming along!

carbs will go on soon i hope, problem is doing a-levels and working all weekend its very difficult to find much time to work on the car, plenty of time over christmas tho so she should be finished by then. oh and can anyone suggest somewhere in the southeast/kent area where i can find a rolling road. lol

got the suspension changed last night was suprised at the amount of difference the 35mm makes to the look of the car. i can say that speedles method does work. however! i still need to tighten the locking nut on the top of the srut to the correct tourqe. i cant seem to clamp the shock to stop it from turning, no matter how hard i clamp it the nut just wont go any tighter without turning the shock, is this because it wont go any tighter or do i need to find a better tool to hold the strut.

cheers

 

[Speedle]

hi mate

glad you managed to do it ok, the top strut bolt should only be tightened up until the nut starts the shaft spinning so how you have it should be fine any tighter and you will never get them off again.

i never do those nuts up to tight as i know what a mofo they are to get off, ive never had one come loose on me.

 

[curtis]

ive never had one come loose on me.

ohhh touch wood....lol

 

[Speedle]

lol well 4 k10's over 7 years i think its a safe bet