Rear strut brace help

[speedinsaxo]

Ok, so I fitted this strut brace last night (not my picture) :

All went reasonably smoothly - but not sure on a few things:

1. Do I tighten up the brace so that is pulls the turrets together a bit, or push them apart? And how tight does it have to be?

2. How on earth is it a 'quick release' system - withouth loosing all your settings that you had previously. As far as I can see you have to undo everything to remove it??

3. Should it be making craking noises when going round tight corners? - suppose this show that it works as it is working against the movement of the chassis...?

Thanks,

John


It does look good thoguh

 

[thebeno]

I would like one of these but would probably knock my dog unconcious every time I went round a roundabout.

 

[BCM]

Think you tighten it so it doesn't push or pull, just holds everythin!

 

[Cupraloon]

You don't say wether it was the top or bottom you fitted, if its the top I cannot say, but if it's the bottom one, I just moved the bar so it was central, and then tightened the locking nuts up against the bar.

 

[speedinsaxo]

It's the top one.
You have to tighten it up one way. I have it so it pulls them together at the moment...

 

[BCM]

Wouldn't wanna say, PM RobDon!

 

[amccan10]

If it's making creaking noises you've probably over tightened it. i did that and the threaded connection on the base plate came away. had to take it out and re tighten the nut in the back.

 

[The MoffMeister]

one side is tighten and other loosens so you have to tighten one side and then spin bar to pull it together iirc

 

[WeeJase]

surely,pulling the turrets in or pushing them out is going to alter the geometry of your car?not something you want to piss about with if you are not sure what you are doing.

 

[speedinsaxo]

It's only by a small amount to get tension in the bar.

 

[D3DNA]

It's only by a small amount to get tension in the bar.

Like Speedinsaxo says, a strut braces function is to help eliminate flex within the chassis. Either over or under tensioning the strut brace eliminates its effectiveness. I cannot say which setup will work as I don't have strut braces on my car, Robdom seems to be the person to contact. Hopefully in the next few months I will be investing in such equipment.

 

[RobDon]

You want it pushing outwards to tension the bar against the bodywork, doesn't take much to get it rock solid. Having it pulling inwards does nothing for rear stability.