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unbolt aftercooler or do math ???
http://www.engineersedge.com/manufacturing_spec/torque_wrench_1.htm

tough decision  :(

if you do that, your torque wrench won't read the torque properly because of the different leverage. 

I think you're going to have to unbolt the aftercooler.

No, the hose is not flexible enough to get a hex adapter onto my torque wrench on the other side either.  Both sides have small clearances.  .  I need some sort of adapter for the torque wrench to use a regular flat wrench.  I guess it is a reason to go to sears

Yeah, I'll be looking down at the pedals someday and see a bolt working its way through the the wall of the tub :(

well, at least you know the nut will never come off  :laugh:

OK guys,  how the hell am I supposed to torque this one without removing the aftercooler

[img]http://bolus.shackspace.com/atom/susp5.jpg[/img]

The paint line moved but there is no way I can get a torque wrench on either side.  It is a cm from the tub on the nut side and 2 cm from the aftercooler line on the hex side.  (front of car driver side lower suspension arm)

maybe someone forgot to put the washer in between afterwards....?

We need a maintenance manual.

response from Tom:

[i]The torque for that suspension bolt is 70 lb. ft.
I would change that nylon lock nut, torque it and paint mark it.[/i]

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maybe it's been tightened PAST the previous torque on it. Thus the marks not aligning...
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By more than 270 degrees?

Ah my dear friend, that is what leverage is for! ;D

My wrench goes to 250 but my arms only go to about 60ft lbs.  I need to work out. 

How can Bolus, with is 250+ ft lb torqe wrench NOT get enough torque on this???

maybe it's been tightened PAST the previous torque on it. Thus the marks not aligning...

bolus, I proclaim thee "Torque Man," keeper of rotational force.

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