tool to torque top strut nut

[SYK]

I just slip a vice grip in between the spring to grab onto top portion of the shaft so any scratches womt even travel down into the shock

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[NightmareMoon]

Offset box end wrench gets down in there to hold the strut shaft while you put a conventional wrench or socket on the top nut.

http://t.harborfreight.com/8-piece-metric-offset-box-wrench-set-32042.html

 

[N0nya]

Links are broken - what is this special tool to use for this? My strut is spinning so Im about to go get a vice grip and offset wrench to do mine, will report back if it works. Would be nice to know what a dealer would use to do this. Snapping the 10mm bolt end is an expensive mistake to make..

 

[LOL WUT]

Links are broken - what is this special tool to use for this? My strut is spinning so Im about to go get a vice grip and offset wrench to do mine, will report back if it works. Would be nice to know what a dealer would use to do this. Snapping the 10mm bolt end is an expensive mistake to make..

https://www.steeda.com/steeda-555-8...MIho6Bw4OO-AIVV-DICh0TwQRmEAQYAiABEgJ2QvD_BwE

 

[ice445]

Electric impact to get it started, then use a torque wrench when the strut is installed and the car is back on the ground. Ideally you don't want the shaft to spin at all.

Or you can just buy the tool

 

[baazooka]

https://www.steeda.com/steeda-555-8913-mustang-socket-21mm

As others have said using an impact once its mostly hand tight, We did a ghetto rig with a socket in vice grips and then a ratcheting wrench with hex and extension passed through it.

Its funny they give a torque spec since most people don't have special shit and a slotted tool isn't gonna be as accurate. I asked around a bunch and everyone just said run that down with the impact. If its not tight enough you will hear it!!

 

[shogun32]

I've wondered why they are not assembled with a lock-washer...

 

[RTR077]

I used these offset wrenches to get into the outer and a socket to hold the inner

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FB12R2J?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

 

[compprep]

I just used the Steeda 21mm a few minutes ago to remove the springs to sell just the struts. Works fine. Did off the car and also need a spring compressor tool, which I had already.

 

[boB]

I have used vise grips padded with a strip of brass sheet.

 

[CoolRod]

I used the 21mm Steeda socket but the 10mm wrench kept slipping off the strut shaft before I could get the strut nut properly torqued. Anybody else have this problem? It's almost as if the wrench needs to be 9.5mm instead of 10.

 

[N0nya]

So i got the plate off using a vice on the strut shaft and mounted the MM plate, but cant get enough leverage to properly torque it safely. Im afraid ill bend something.

Sigh.. time to buy the steeda socket and torque it down when its on the car.

 

[StangTime]

I used a 13/16" spark plug wrench. Removed the rubber inside and fed a 1/4" extension through the hole (6" long). Attached a 10mm socket to the end of the extension put a wrench on the hex at the end of the spark plug socket and a 1/4" ratchet on the extention. Put the 10mm socket over the end of the strut spindle and lowered the 13/16" on the spindle nut. Got it hand tight then finished with the torque wrench. I didn't want to risk spinning the strut spindle with an impact gun.

 

[shogun32]

I didn't want to risk spinning the strut spindle with an impact gun.

this 'fear' is rubbish. No, you don't want to spin it at several hundred RPM for a minute, but the teflon-coated seal is resting against a polished inner-bore and the piston slot. There is no damage to do worthy of the name.

If you have coil-overs then you can put the chromed shaft in a V-block and hold it very tight.

 

[Gearz]

I used a 13/16" spark plug wrench. Removed the rubber inside and fed a 1/4" extension through the hole (6" long). Attached a 10mm socket to the end of the extension put a wrench on the hex at the end of the spark plug socket and a 1/4" ratchet on the extention. Put the 10mm socket over the end of the strut spindle and lowered the 13/16" on the spindle nut. Got it hand tight then finished with the torque wrench. I didn't want to risk spinning the strut spindle with an impact gun.

^ This is how I've done it also. It's surprisingly easy.

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