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I bought a Matrix front upper strut bar last month, but had to put off installing it because of an accident. It's not an expensive one ($30 on eBay) and there's no instructions for getting it in. I'm guessing that I just take off the 3 nuts on each side and sandwich it in. But the nuts don't want to come off[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]... and I don't want to force them without knowing its not hurting my car. I tried this with a regular 9/16 wrench
any advice[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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Maybee you should grow some ***** and torque that sucker.....

 
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[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] Also, counter-clockwise is the way to unsrew things. In case you were doing it the other way. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

 
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And shouldnt you be doing this with a 10mm wrench instead of a 9/16th ??

 
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k well I was screwing it the right way, just not hard enough.... wanted to run it through the board before I risk any part of my 16k $$ machine[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG] and I know that hondas are in metric but a standard set was all I could find and it didn't strip it
thanks guys

 
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Ya, 10mm...by the way - don't be afraid of giving it muscle, it's a bolt, it's meant to be tight. If it was something like an engine bolt, more to worry about, but with something like this, you can't really do it wrong (unless you've been living in a cave for the past 20 years.)

 
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its actually 14mm

 
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drench the nut and bolt with some lubricant and use a pipe over your wrench for extra leverage.

 
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i think this one calls for a 97 inch pipe.

Seriously, those bolts and nuts ar plated and shouldn't be rusted or hard to break loose. It might take a little more pull than the standard wrench, but if the wrench doesn't fit well you really could strip the nut flats.

 
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WD-40

 
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If you are going to do stuff to your car the best investment you can make is a nice set of metric wrenches. You can get a decent set of sockets and handles and combination wrenches for $50 or less. That will save you much grief someday for sure.

 
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ahh finally some good old fashion ripping a guy a new **** hole why cant we do this more often Im getting sick of this ***** shiit where we cant swear.

 

i got my tool set for $20 and it had all metric and standard wrenches and sockets. best 20 i ever spent!

 
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<< ahh finally some good old fashion ripping a guy a new **** hole why cant we do this more often Im getting sick of this ***** shiit where we cant swear. >>



what the hell are you talking about?

 
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Question - can you use an impact wrench or would that not be a good idea?

 
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I don't know why everyone says those bolts are to tight. They're not tight at all - it actually kinda worried me, it took hardly any muscle to get that bolt off.

 
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Ya, it's either 9/16" or 14mm.

 
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Yup.. and when your done.. make sure you tighten back all 3 bolts to the reccomended 120 ft.lbs of torque each... Or.. tighten the living hell out of it.. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

Cheers
Mohawk