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x1000 on above.
thats how i f'ed up my rear sway bar end link... hold using triple, turn using wrench
thats how i f'ed up my rear sway bar end link... hold using triple, turn using wrench
THIS EXACTLY !!I blame DAP's install video for most mk7 owners suspension noise issues. NEVER EVER NEVER EEEEEEVVVVVEEEERRRR use air tools on your struts. Spinning the mount bearing and or strut shaft at 20,000 RPM when it's designed to spin 5 RPM is a sure way to cause blown struts and smoked bearings...not to mention ending up with mystery torque
It's really not a big deal to torque them properly. Spark plug socket, Allen key, and a wrench (crows foot on your torque wrench to set final tq)
. Makes you wonder how many shops do it that way. I'm guessing a lot.
All of them or at least 99% of them to be fair
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well just for completeness on this air tool topic...there are no absolutes.
never ever ever FAIL to use air tools on metal bearing camber plates according to some manufacturers such as vorshlag....and they know.
https://youtu.be/2bab6x47CSs
^wow.
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Wow what an a$$hole "there's an Allen key there so you can't hold the shaft"
Completely wrong. Again...the Allen is there to hold the shaft so it CAN NOT TURN. Then you can use a spark plug socket and wrench to spin the nut...then even bigger mystery solved PUT A TORQUE WRENCH with a crows foot on that same spark plug socket and torque the nut EXACTLY to Volkswagens spec! Just like they do in the factory, AMAZING lol
What technology! For those wondering VW and aftermarket tools are available instead of using a spark plug socket, but literally every cheap tool set includes one
he didn't say you were doing it wrong. He was talking about his product and what is the proper way to install them. Not sure why someone would object to following that advice.Wow what an a$$hole "there's an Allen key there so you can't hold the shaft"
Completely wrong. Again...the Allen is there to hold the shaft so it CAN NOT TURN. Then you can use a spark plug socket and wrench to spin the nut...then even bigger mystery solved PUT A TORQUE WRENCH with a crows foot on that same spark plug socket and torque the nut EXACTLY to Volkswagens spec! Just like they do in the factory, AMAZING lol
What technology! For those wondering VW and aftermarket tools are available instead of using a spark plug socket, but literally every cheap tool set includes one
he didn't say you were doing it wrong. He was talking about his product and what is the proper way to install them. Not sure why someone would object to following that advice.
my point in posting is emphasize that there exceptions to the rule.
Well, the guy from Vorshlag (not vogland) is a principal and their camber plate reputation is stellar across many applications. Not many have them here and they've only been available for the mk7 for a few months. They're pretty much the gold standard of plates.No no no I wasn't aiming that at anyone here. The dude from Vogland is straight up wrong/an idiot
VW and all suspension manufacturers don't machine that Allen key in there for shits n giggles. An impact may not hurt their special bearing but it sure as shit isn't more accurate than holding the shaft properly and putting a torque wrench on it