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upper strut brace

posted by  bill d cat on  Thu Dec 23 10:11 CST 2004
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The Volvo instructions that come with the brace are fairly comprehensive and include all the torque wrench settings for all the nuts and bolts. (Sorry, but I can't find mine! It's been 7 years!) The 6 conical nuts on the strut towers are one-way, and are NOT to be re-used! I couldn't get a torque wrench on one conical nut, the one under the fuse box, and that setting I guessed at. Yes, the brace is installed with the car sitting flat on a level surface and should not need to be re-aligned unless you screw something up. The setup also makes it very difficult to get to the cabin air filter ("WTF were they thinking???") so I'd put in a fresh one before starting.

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 153k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, V-1, Mobil-1 since new






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