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Replacing struts- a few lessons (long) 200

posted by  zima on  Fri Jan 26 16:09 CST 2007
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Signed up to respond and because i'd sure like this little upper strut nut mystery demisted before unpacking my front end to install new struts. My green volvo manual contradicts my gut instinct to torque that thing down with an impact wrench. On page 12 of my Jan1990 edition of the Volvo Front Suspension and Steering manual, it lists the torque value for the "front shock absorber upper nut" as 14.7 ft/lbs. Now i take that to read as the top strut nut and NOT the 3 "wheel housing" nuts which they list at the same 14.7 ft/lbs value. No torque references are mentioned for the top nut in the illustrated procedural portion of the manual.





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