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Been thinking about this. Those 3 bolts on each side of the engine bay that connects to the suspensions where you usually mount the front strut bar. How tight do you tighten those bolts? Ever since I installed my Front Strut bar, I get a bit of a rattling when I am on low RPM (Even when I am on neutral fixing my parking at 2mph). It seems to be coming from the engine bay. Kinda sounds like metal hitting metal. Any ideas? Could it be that those 6 bolts are not tighten down enough? I am just afraid to overtighten them.
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Those three bolts must be torqued to 39 Nm, equivalent to 29 ft-lbs.
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is it possible your bar is vibrating a little and slightly hitting the bottom of your hood?? you can check the hood to see if there is any wear.
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there is also a point wher ht ecar and body get very close. righ tint he mittle of the bar adn the back part of the engine bay. i bent the body part down a bit so it woudl not rub
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it's not difficult to uninstall, why don't you try that?
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The bar is uninstalled, still making the noise. What is a good torque wrench? I gotta invest in one.
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one that is calibrated. Get a MAC! Snap-On is too much for the same price!
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MAC, hard-on...i mean snap-on, craftsman. go to sears, they carry a bunch of goodies. i for one, am not experiencing a problems with mine.
I've mastered the art of the After Image Technique.
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I just retighten it, I am hoping that was the problem.
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