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Rear Control Arm bolt with hand tools possible ?
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02-23-2020, 03:38 PM | #1 |
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Rear Control Arm bolt with hand tools possible ?
Number 8 is the one I'm talking about, if I'm correct, that bolt is torqued to about 125ft lb (or 170nm), and I'm not sure If I should buy impact driver + sockets or if its possible to do it with breaker bar ( a lot cheaper).
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02-23-2020, 03:48 PM | #2 |
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Yes, you can break it free with a breaker bar. Well, unless you are especially wimpy or have some health issue
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02-24-2020, 09:09 AM | #4 |
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If you can't apply 125lb on the end of a standard (~1ft) ratchet.....
...a breaker bar will certainly suffice. Impact wrenches are very convenient for undoing stuff, but you shouldn't use them for doing it up again, so you'd need a breaker bar/torque wrench anyhow. |
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02-25-2020, 08:47 AM | #6 |
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I just did the m3 front and rear control arm swap with hand tools. Leverage (breaker bar) or what I did was use the closed end of a wrench on the nut then use another open end wrench on the attached open end wrench for leverage. Old trick for more leverage.
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