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How tight..... shock tower brace?

Old Aug 15, 2002 | 03:59 PM
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Recently purchased an STB by BMR. How tight can I tighten the nuts? Obviously a tork wrench would be too much. I'm using a basic 15 MM wrench. Can I damage the firewall at all?

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Old Aug 15, 2002 | 04:07 PM
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Old Aug 15, 2002 | 04:44 PM
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32 ft/lbs.
Old Aug 15, 2002 | 09:51 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Originally posted by DARK AGE 53:
32 ft/lbs. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ray,
Since you don't want to use a torque wrench then be aware that 32ft-lbs qualifies as "kinda tight". 75ft-lbs would be "pretty tight", 125ft-lbs would be "real tight", and anything more than that (crank bolts, etc.) would be "super tight" <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Moving to the handling section.


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