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Fixing bolts - upper & lower arms to subframe
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20th May 2021, 22:29
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The arm to subframe bolts should be grade 10.9, and therefore the nuts should be grade 10.
You will put an 8.8 past yield if you torque it to the factory spec - a very dangerous situation to be in.
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