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40 to 332 · 09-20-2021, 09:40 PM

About to install a set of new SPL front end links. The car is unladen and on ramps. A couple of questions:

1. When you remove the bolt on the existing end link that runs through the tranverse link and lower part of the shock absorber, do you need to support the tranverse link with a jack ... or can you just knock the bolt out without fear of anything shifting or collapsing and then simply install the new end link bolt?

2. The instructions indicate that the nut that fastens the bolt should be torqued to 50 ft/lbs (... with a warning not to over-torque). However, I recall reading some posts awhile ago in which some people were suggesting that the bolts needed to be torqued more than indicated in the instructions. I'm not sure whether this still applies since the instructions that came with the new end links are dated 2018. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!

09-20-2021, 09:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
40 to 332 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Kimberley, BC, CANADA Posts: 452 Drives: 13 370Z BS M6 Sport Rep Power: 439	Questions Regarding Changing Front End Links About to install a set of new SPL front end links. The car is unladen and on ramps. A couple of questions: 1. When you remove the bolt on the existing end link that runs through the tranverse link and lower part of the shock absorber, do you need to support the tranverse link with a jack ... or can you just knock the bolt out without fear of anything shifting or collapsing and then simply install the new end link bolt? 2. The instructions indicate that the nut that fastens the bolt should be torqued to 50 ft/lbs (... with a warning not to over-torque). However, I recall reading some posts awhile ago in which some people were suggesting that the bolts needed to be torqued more than indicated in the instructions. I'm not sure whether this still applies since the instructions that came with the new end links are dated 2018. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!