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The cap that needs to be screwed onto the body of the Racers Edge spherical bushing is a very unusual design - rather than a hex head, it essentially is a pair of parallel surfaces about 42 mm apart (at least for the rear banana arm bushing), and it needs to be tightened to a torque of 100 - 110 lb-ft. How on earth do you tighten this thing? Should a special tool have been included with the bushings? I really wanted to put my suspension back on this weekend, but I'm dead in the water as I stare at this thing. Sorry, having a bad day, and this isn't helping. Thanks in advance for any help.

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[flash]

an open end socket would do it - other than that, an open end wrench and guess on torque

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[Cloud9...68]

Yeah, I was thinking the latter. Although it would be a monster of an open end wrench, at 42 mm. I'm not wild about guessing at the torque on such an important part, but there may not be any alternative, unless there is a special "two-sideed" socket made just for this purpose. It doesn't look like a six-or 12-sided socket of any reasonable size would fit on this cap. These bushings look like very well-eningeered pieces, but this cap design is throwing me for a bit of a loop. But hundreds of these things have been sold, and I've never seen anyone bring up this issue before, so I'm probably over-thinking it, as usual.

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[flash]

i'm talking about one of those sockets that looks like the end of an open end wrench on one end and is a square ratchet receiver on the other end - it's called a crowfoot



http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605...rench+Sets

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[Cloud9...68]

Yes, I had discussed a crowfoot wrench with someone at OReilly's. There are several problems with this, though. First, it's going to be hard to find one that big (the largest one in the Craftsman's set is 19 mm, and I would need one about 42 mm). And then there's the matter of the axis about which the crowfoot wrench turns being significantly offset from the axis of the bushing, so the torque reading on the wrench would be significantly off. Another argument for just using a large open end or adjustable wrench, and guessing at the torque.

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[flash]

an even better argument for making a tool.................hmmmm......................

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The thing that's puzzling me (and it has happened to me many times) is that there have been dozens, if not hundreds, of these bushings sold over the years, so why is it that I'm the first person who has ever posed this very (seemingly) obvious question? I posted the same question on RL's 924/944/968 forum, and have gotten nada by way of response. I've taken it to several auto parts stores, and everyone I showed it to was left dumbfounded. I'm going to call Karl today to ask him what he recommends, as even finding an open end wrench (of which I would need two) this size won't be a trivial task. These bushings appear to be extremely well-engineered units, and people seem very happy with them, so obviously there is a way to actually install them <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/blink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> .



Yes, it does cry out for a special tool.

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[flash]

have you tried calling them to find out what they suggest?

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[Mark]

42mm crowsfoot

http://www.ntxtools.com/network-tool-war...79042.html

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[flash]

yahoo! now i don't need to make a tool



good call mark!

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[Eric_K]

I just used a large adjustable crescent wrench and used the official german torque rating of gutentight.

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I just got off the phone with Karl of Racers Edge, and he said to just use a large crescent wrench, and lean to on it as hard as possible. He says they can take over 300 lb-ft, so they're virtually impossible to over-tighten. The thing that was throwing me was that the instructions specified a torque (of 100-110 lb-ft), which implies the use of a torque wrench with a socket.

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