On Mon, 28 May 2001 [email protected] wrote: > Yesterday at Bug Out for $50 I picked up a brand new (not a scratch) Euro > Sport strut tie bar. It didn't come with the "nutserts"... I dont even know > what nutserts are. Yesterday I ran to home depot and picked up some stainless > bolts, lock washers and lock nuts. > > Does anyone have any tips for the install, I am a lil nervous drilling holes > into my shock towers so I want to do it right the first time. >
Hold the bar on your car as best as you can, and use a center punch to mark the holes for ONE SIDE of the car. Drill those holes, and bolt the bar on. THEN do the other side. It's a lot easier this way. :) If you're gonna use bolts, I would recommend putting the bolts up from the bottom and putting the nuts on the top. > and one last thing... I think it was on Jan's site a LONG time ago I was > reading an argument over installing the tie bar with the wheels on vs off the > ground. Any ideas? > The arguement hinges around the fact that with the wheels on the ground, the chassis is already preloaded a little bit. With the wheels off the ground, it's completely relaxed. I don't think it's really better one way or the other, but I did mine with the car on the ground. You might not have a choice, as it's probably going to be very tough to get to the bolt or nut from the bottom with the car down. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
