Fitting rear strut...should be simple! Help please :)

[ital]

Hi all,

I maybe being slightly special here so apologies if thats the case. However, the two nuts that you undo to fit the rear strut just seemed to be spinning and not undoing at all. I thought that fitting the rear strut was a a case of undoing the two nuts, slotting the strut over the threads that are on show and tightening the nuts up again...is this not the case? Any help much appreciated!

 

[DannyR]

You need an 8mm for the top and a 17?mm for the nut

 

[sbridgey]

Waste of time fitting it, it wont do anything, otherwise do what danny said.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Or cut it in half, and put it in the bin. Much easier.

 

[Djw John]

Or cut it in half, and put it in the bin. Much easier.

Yup.

 

[ital]

Or cut it in half, and put it in the bin. Much easier.

Cheer up, may never happen. Def won't if you gota spend your time writing helpful stuff like this.

 

[ital]

You need an 8mm for the top and a 17?mm for the nut

Cheers mate

 

[Djw John]

It really does nothing mate, whiteline anti roll bar is where its at

 

[ital]

currently only being fitted to run my harnesses off as from everything ive read the eyes aren't safe, and right now i cant afford a cage. from people ive spoken to its safer to get the harnesses higher up so they run more level so when you have any impact the strain is taken by the harness not the seat....dnt tell me thats the worst idea in the world....

 

[ital]

arb is on the very long list

 

[Jekyll]

Mate I can assure you that bolting it to the strut bar is a big no no! Two little nuts are not going to protect you in a crash and that brace will rip straight up. Bolt the harnesses down to the isofix mounts.

 

[not normal dan]

currently only being fitted to run my harnesses off as from everything ive read the eyes aren't safe, and right now i cant afford a cage. from people ive spoken to its safer to get the harnesses higher up so they run more level so when you have any impact the strain is taken by the harness not the seat....dnt tell me thats the worst idea in the world....

And you think that's safer, do you know how much force will be put on that small strut in an accident?

Put the spanners down an leave it to a professional

 

[sbridgey]

currently only being fitted to run my harnesses off as from everything ive read the eyes aren't safe, and right now i cant afford a cage. from people ive spoken to its safer to get the harnesses higher up so they run more level so when you have any impact the strain is taken by the harness not the seat....dnt tell me thats the worst idea in the world....

f**king hell, such a stupid idea.

 

[JamesBryan]

Harnesses on a rear strut brace..... it will bend in the event of an accident mate.

 

[Djw John]

Please don't connect harnesses to a strut bar, it's really not a good idea at all.

 

[-Danman-]

I'm pretty sure you could bend a rear strut brace by standing on it. How do you think it's going to end up if you crash?

 

[Stefan.]

tell your insurance company this...oh dear!

 

[Tony Hunter]

Cheer up, may never happen. Def won't if you gota spend your time writing helpful stuff like this.

I think you will find my post as being, VERY helpful.

 

[LiamR172]

Mount them to the Isofix points as said above!

 

[ital]

ok point taken

 

[Scrooge]

Rear strut braces work a lot better if you put them on without the rubber bits that go over the thread of the shock. Lol at using it fur harnesses

 

[mattypy282]

Just weld a scaff bar from the side of the struts side t side b better than them strut braces there shite