{"id":74,"date":"2009-06-23T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T20:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trolltuner.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2010-04-09T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T16:17:00","slug":"proper-way-to-tighten-struts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Proper way to tighten struts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the proper way to tighten struts but without any special tools.  The <em>fancy<\/em> socket there is a 13\/16&#8243; Sparkplug socket with the rubber insert removed. Turn the socket with the flats on the outsised using a wrench, in this case 7\/8&#8243;  Now the tricky parts is using the 1\/4&#8243; drive 6 point socket to hold the strut top. A breaker bar would be better here but a ratchet will do just fine also.   All these tools were in my basic Craftsman tool kit I have at home.  This eliminates the risk of either damaging the strut mount by tearing it with turing torque or over-tightening the strut top.  Also make sure to use the Koni supplied nut to hold the damper in the upright on the NG900\/9-3.  Using the original nut will ruin the damper. The new one tightens with a pin spanner and is commonly left loose causing noise.   Hope this helps you.    <\/p>\n<p>Ready for action<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/trolltuner.com\/vig\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Struttools2.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exploded View<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/trolltuner.com\/vig\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/struttools1.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too Tight.. Not warranty&#8221;  This customers mechanic kept tightening the top nut to fix a clunk he caused by leaving the large lower nut loose that holds the damper in! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/trolltuner.com\/vig\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Overtightened.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks,  Nick Taliaferro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the proper way to tighten struts but without any special tools. The fancy socket there is a 13\/16&#8243; Sparkplug socket with the rubber insert removed. Turn the socket with the flats on the outsised using a wrench, in this case 7\/8&#8243; Now the tricky parts is using the 1\/4&#8243; drive 6 point socket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chassis","category-howto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trolltuner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}