Tool For TOKICO

[artsho]

headbang I'm installing new struts and springs and can't find the correct tool for holding the strut rod while installing the nut......I have a strut installation tool kit, but it doesn't have this size.....Anyone know what size it is.... headbang .

 

[PAracer]

If your talking about what I think your talking about, you can use a pair of vise-grips.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

Or adjustable wrench, or an 8mm (me thinks) open-end wrench.

 

[shojuan]

Use an adjustable wrench to hold the shaft while you tighten the nut with a crows foot on the end of your torque wrench.

 

[artsho]

huh It appears you have never assembled SHO struts.....A crowsfoot will NOT work huh

 

[shojuan]

artsho:
huh It appears you have never assembled SHO struts.....A crowsfoot will NOT work huh

A crows foot worked just fine when I assembled my Tokico/Eibachs last summer.

 

[artsho]

Not on 1993 and newer SHO's the nut sits way down in

 

[SHOTIME]

when using a crows foot on a torque wrench, make sure you use it at a 90 degree angle. otherwise it becomes and extension of the wrench and your torque setting is off.

 

[shojuan]

artsho:
Not on 1993 and newer SHO's the nut sits way down in

That's what an extension bar is for.

SHOTIME:
when using a crows foot on a torque wrench, make sure you use it at a 90 degree angle. otherwise it becomes and extension of the wrench and your torque setting is off.

Your torque wrench manual should (at least my craftsmans do) have a section on extensions which gives you a formula you can use to make a correction.

Torque wrench newbies!

 

[artsho]

Thers no room for a crows foot.....Just a socket

 

[DHMag]

i have a Snap-On wrench combination (open and box), 21mm. the boxend has been heated and bent *JUST* for Taurus struts. been used at least twice that i know of, fixing to be used again. wanna see a pic ?

 

[artsho]

Yes...PLEASE

 

[DHMag]

lets see if this works...its not the best pic in the world...i still havent figured out my webcam software...

well ****..cant get the image to stay posted...check out this link ---->> here

<small>[ December 13, 2003, 09:26 PM: Message edited by: DHMag ]</small>

 

[Mr Anonymous]

artsho:
huh It appears you have never assembled SHO struts.....A crowsfoot will NOT work huh

artsho:
Thers no room for a crows foot.....Just a socket

Hmmmmm.... How many set of SHO struts have YOU actually assembled and installed???

I've done AT LEAST 8 sets that I can count off the top of my head, probably closer to double that amount, and have ALWAYS, SUCCESSFULLY, used a crowsfoot every time, regardless whether they were new stock, police, or aftermarket mounts, on all 3 generation SHO's and Tauruses.

The only possible scenario I've seen where a crowsfoot might not work would be on some old stock rear mounts there might not be enough room, but who would be foolish enough to spend good $$$ on new struts & springs only to reuse an old stock mount?

 

[pjtoledo]

DHMag:
i have a Snap-On wrench combination (open and box), 21mm. the boxend has been heated and bent *JUST* for Taurus struts. been used at least twice that i know of, fixing to be used again. wanna see a pic ?

Does it look like a Flank Drive, box, deep offset wrench?

Perry

 

[DHMag]

pjtoledo:

DHMag:
i have a Snap-On wrench combination (open and box), 21mm. the boxend has been heated and bent *JUST* for Taurus struts. been used at least twice that i know of, fixing to be used again. wanna see a pic ?

Does it look like a Flank Drive, box, deep offset wrench?

Perry

it looks like a heated and uniformly bent Snap-On combination wrench.