arellialloy

FINALLY going to put the HBS 2.5" level on, read directions and the torque specs have me worried. Any advice? I only have common house tools and a torque wrench to goes to 100 ft-lbs. The "shock absorber-to-lower arm nut and bolt" said 351 ft-lbs!!! Did anyone run into problems or am I worrying for nothing. I don't want to do it and have everything be loose. Thanks!
...also, a 1/2" drive common torque wrench only goes from 50-250 ft-lbs. How did everyone meet specs?

JP2085

For me, a 1" drive torque wrench makes easy work of 351 ft-lbs. :P
Otherwise just hit it with a 1/2" or 3/4" impact.

FSU FX4

We just tightend everything as hard as we could and didnt worry about a torque wrench.

arellialloy

Darn, I only have the 3/8" drive torque wrench. I have an impact gun but have been told never to use it for vehicles except tires.

FSU FX4

Thats what they'll use if you take it too a shop.

arellialloy

All of the other torque specs I am do except that one. I suppose I can tighten as much as possible, I'd rather not have to purchase another wrench for this one pair of nuts.

FSU FX4

We didnt torque any of the nuts to torque specs. Just tightend until we couldnt possibly go anymore. On the strut/LCA, i used my foot at the end to get it as tight as possible.

GATORB8

Do you have a breaker bar? With a 3 ft breaker bar, you can ballpark it by pulling what feels like a little over 100 lbs at the end.

D94R

Which is odd, as really you should never use an impact on your wheels; always by hand. But I digress as I know no one who doesn't use an impact to install/remove lug nuts.

Get a big impact gun (HF's impact gun is rated for something like 450ft/lbs) and hit it with that real quick a few times once it's tighter than you can do with a socket and driver or torque wrench. Use some lock tight on the nut/bolt and not worry about it.