Re: 405 front suspension struts

"Chris" <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Yes that is the ones 55NM 41lbf ft chapter 10 page 10.1 i had to redo
> mine about 12 weeks ago as i had a noise coming from the top.the only
> problem is you have to use a key in the middle and a spanner on the nut
> so how you are going to get the right torque i dont know , just pull
> till tight and dont move about ,

Years ago, when I were a lad, I got over that problem when putting a new 
crown wheel in the diff unit of an old Ford Popular.   Used a long spanner

(made from a short one wedged in the end of a length of pipe) and pulled
it 
via a spring balance that was hooked on two feet along the spanner.   The 
torque setting was 28 foot/pounds so, as the spring balance was two feet 
away from the nut, the correct torque was reached when it read 14 pounds. 
Things like torque wrenches weren't that common in those days.
-- 
Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)