bonehead move on the day - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

i finally got my gw uppers in the mail yesterday, after one month of waiting. as soon as i got home, i put them into the upper mounts (did anyone else find that they didnt exactly slide in?), slapped some antiseize on to the bolts, and torqued them down to the 72 lbs/ft indicated in the manual. next, i installed the whole assemblies into the car and thought i was all done. it wasnt until after i was all done that i realized that i should have adjusted all the tq specs for the antiseize - no wonder it seemed like the upper arms didnt move too freely.. .they must be way overtq'd!

what factor would you use to adjust to tq? 60%?

ill have to take everything apart and start over tonight. DOH.

Mike.

torontoZ28 View Member Profile	Apr 5 2005, 05:41 PM Post #1
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 195 Joined: 16-November 04 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 543	i finally got my gw uppers in the mail yesterday, after one month of waiting. as soon as i got home, i put them into the upper mounts (did anyone else find that they didnt exactly slide in?), slapped some antiseize on to the bolts, and torqued them down to the 72 lbs/ft indicated in the manual. next, i installed the whole assemblies into the car and thought i was all done. it wasnt until after i was all done that i realized that i should have adjusted all the tq specs for the antiseize - no wonder it seemed like the upper arms didnt move too freely.. .they must be way overtq'd! what factor would you use to adjust to tq? 60%? ill have to take everything apart and start over tonight. DOH. Mike.