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Originally Posted by Phaedrus29
I realized today that once the struts are back on the car, you can use a torque wrench on the top nut of the rear struts (I BELIEVE) without anything spinning. I torqued those to 41ft-lbs...actually I had a ways to tighten after my little whirl with the impact wrench. This has me a bit worried about the front struts top nut being too loose...I'm still unsure how I would torque these down with my torque wrench. When I gave it a quick try there was a scary noise...clearly stuff was spinning since (unlike the rears) the front top hats allow swiveling.
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What you can use is a Max Axess socket set from Sears or I think Lowes has a similar type thing. They use a outer spline drive for the socket and the center is hollow allowing you to insert an allen wrench in the middle.
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-20pc-...8&blockType=G8
You would have to torque it by feel, I don't think there is a torque wrench with this kind of setup.