Dont do this

Ser_Egg

Ser_Egg

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Car Year
2005
Car Model
Subaru Forester SG series 1
Transmission
5Spd Manual
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Tbis is what happens when your torque wrench doesnt think its enough. DONT CHEAP OUT ON TORQUE WRENCHES.
Also when it feels like its tight enough, its probably tight enough. Now to order a new spacer haha
 
i did that myself on my spacers and i just changed bolt. is it like not changeable there ?drill it cut it , it should go away and put new one there. allways using my handds only for all those bolts to tighten, just some of those cheap bolts cant hold that much. and when you making spacers yourself as i did first thing is you thinking how to put bolts in such way that you could change them if they snap.
yes find someone near by that could fix that for you, its not that hard.
 
My first tension wrench was a Warren and Brown aircraft tool.

That was nearly 50 years ago.

I've still got it.

It's paid for itself many, many times over ... :nod: .
 
Yeah just a reminder to everyone to go easy on all M8 bolts, they're very small & break pretty easily. I usually use 2 fingers on a ratchet.
Normal torque wrenches are usually reasonably accurate at the middle & high end of the scale but are horribly inaccurate at the low end
 
@NachaLuva It needs to be repeated every now and then that you get what you pay for, mostly.

Last time I priced something equivalent to my W&B (in the 1990s?), it was around a grand. It wasn't cheap when I bought it in the early 1970s. It is aircraft accurate down to 4 ft.lbs.

Very similar to this one:

www.toolexchange.com.au

Warren & Brown 32300 1/2" drive tension wrench iob - The Tool Exchange

old tools - Torque and Tension Wrenches - Warren & Brown 32300 1/2" drive tension wrench iob from Tool Exchange
www.toolexchange.com.au

[Edit] mine is actually a 321100. [End edit]
 
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aren't they just studs in the spacer?
 
Soo i went to the suspension specialists and old mate said that the camber bolts in the rear are a waste of time because they just slip out of alignment. He said he had great success with some type of welding. I have put the bolts that @NachaLuva recommends in anyway and told them to do just play with them and thats it. Has anyone had this issue this guy is talking about what??
 
Nope, I have the Whiteline rear camber bolts, and they've been fine and had no issues for the last 4 years
 
Must be trying to make a few extra dollars or something, i dont know. Or what he is talking about is from his personal experience
 
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