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jka
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 00:00
Hello Volvo heads. A quickie...is putting in place a strut brace a do it yourself effort, or do you have to have it done by someone who knows what they are doing? It looks quite straight forward!
jka
BlackBeast
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 00:02
As long as you have a torque wrench and a 17mm? socket then its easy.
thunderace
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 00:32
yep i'm a complete numpty when it comes to mechanical things and it took me all of 10 minutes :)
abdul
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 08:29
very easy
Wobbly Dave
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 12:54
Think you need a 13mm for the top mount bolts and a 14/15mm for the strut brace bolts and a torque wrench. The settings are listed in the instructions that come with the kit. Very easy to do
JO5EPH
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 13:32
I dont have a torque wrench so I just tightened them to FT (££££££££££ Tight) :sorry:
abdul
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 13:54
you dont tighten them as tight as that where abouts are u
abdul
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 14:01
you have over tightened by quiet a lot
JO5EPH
Wednesday 26th July 2006, 18:01
you dont tighten them as tight as that where abouts are u
ooops, oh well, i'll be sourcing a torque wrench this weekend then!

(J35 M6)

Joe :)
Babybadger
Thursday 27th July 2006, 12:35
ooops, oh well, i'll be sourcing a torque wrench this weekend then!

(J35 M6)

Joe :)

Buy some more nuts as well just to be safe.
monkey_boy
Friday 28th July 2006, 10:23
Just fitted mine a few weeks ago. Really (i mean REALLY) simple job and mine came with brand new nuts as well.