tourque specs on the nut for the Tokico Illumina inserts?!!!

[Guest ON3GO]

im putting them on right now..... i did a search with no luck.

anybody??

 

mike

[Guest ON3GO]

stock is 65lbs.. is that what i should do?

 

mike

[gramercyjam]

If you you have drilled out the tops mounts, I doubt you can get it that high holding the top of the piston with vice-grips since they will turn. Put some threadlocker on and tighten down the best you can. If you still have the "D" hole, go with the spec.

 

--John B

[Zardilla]

Be very careful on the torque, I over tightened one of my struts and destroyed the insert. Costly mistake.

[auxilary]

I did it with an impact gun on lowest torque setting, probably around 30-40 ft lbs, then the strut started spinning.

[Guest Anonymous]

Aren't those nuts the nylock kind? If so just snug them down and keep a check on them the first few times you have the car out. I doubt they will back off much. Mine have not. Mark

[CruxGNZ]

Mike,

I noticed that you have the red dials inserted into the tops of your inserts. Pull them out. On mine, there was a hex shaped hole for an allen wrench to fit into to keep the strut rod from spinning.

 

!M!

[Guest ON3GO]

what you mean red dials? im lost on that....

i got them to torque down to 50lbs..

mike

[CruxGNZ]

The little red dial on the very top of the insert, the one that shows 1-5 and has a little adjuster that rotates with a standard screw driver. Pull this out. I used a small pliers and gently grabbed it and pulled it out, do not grab the little thing that you turn to adjust, but the whole thing. But be carefull not to crush it. You must have put them in (came in a really little black plastic box with a clear top), because they don't come from Tokico with them installed. Pull it off and see if the inside is hex shaped, if it is, then use a allen wrench to keep it (the strut rod) from spinning while tightening the nut.

 

EDIT: If you have them torqued down to 50ftlbs. then you will be fine.

 

!M!

[Guest ON3GO]

why do i have to take them out? i didnt put them in, maybe Ross did.

[David K]

Use a little wd40 while tightening down those nuts and they will go all the way on.

[CruxGNZ]

why do i have to take them out? i didnt put them in, maybe Ross did.

 

Well, you don't have to anymore since you have them torqed down now. I forgot that you got your inserts from Ross, I guess he put them in.

 

why do i have to take them out?

Just read my above posts to see why. But, like I said you don't have to anymore .

 

!M!

[Wagz]

My Tokico Illumina's came right out of the original boxes with the red adjusters installed. They even had the plastic thread protectors on top of that. (I didn't know they were removable either).

 

In anycase, you should be fine tightening them to 50 ft/lbs.

[Guest rick458]

I will be putting Tokico Performers (non adjustable ) on my 260Z

at all 4 corners both the Haynes and the FSM show the spindles in front

and the rear hub in back attatched to the struts /shocks how exactly do the tube parts come out? and new replaced? niether manual really covers it

[Lunar240z]

old thread... how did you keep the shaft from spinning? i've got ttt camber plates and sectioned struts bz3099 and bz3015.

[Sparks280zt]

Mike,

I noticed that you have the red dials inserted into the tops of your inserts. Pull them out. On mine, there was a hex shaped hole for an allen wrench to fit into to keep the strut rod from spinning.

 

!M!

 

this is?

[pete280z]

old thread... how did you keep the shaft from spinning? i've got ttt camber plates and sectioned struts bz3099 and bz3015.

 

strap wrench

[Lunar240z]

this is?

 

 

there was no allen hole in mine when i took the dial indicator off. and ttt camber plates have no D shape to hold the strut.

 

but i'll try the strap wrench.

[pete280z]

Mine didn't have the allen hole either. Or if it did, it was what the adjuster turned and I didn't want to put any torque on it. Can't remember. Either way, the allen wrench idea went out the window.

 

I got all four of mine by securing the shaft with a strap wrench or two. One of them was particularly difficult and required two of us each holding a strap wrench and me turning the nut on the top.

[Slow_Old_Car]

vice grips w/ a shop wrag or two wrapped around the shaft. done dozens of times, have yet to mar a shaft.