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Hey
I bought the progress 22mm rear sway bar for my 2002 civic and I was wondering how much you guys torgue the bolts on the sway bar bushings

 
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just torque it down to 44 Nm. That should be good enough.

 
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16 lbs.ft

 
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torque this torque that to specifications blah blah blah. u think honda service shops actually follow this? no, they use air guns and just screw the bolt down till it wont go any farther.

 
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you can adjust the air tool

 
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who does that? seriously?

 
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33lbs i think...baa

it will hold.

 
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Ding ding ding, we have a winner! Grade 5 bolts come with the Progress rear sway bar. For that size, 33 foot pounds is about right. I upgraded to Grade 8 bolts and I torqued them down to 46 foot pounds. If you don't torque them down enough then they will vibrate loose after a while. I found out the hard way, so torque them down to spec. Also, you might want to mark the bolt and the holder with a line across them to mark the position of the bolt. That way you can check to see if it loosened. If it did, then it's too loose! Re-tighten it. I did this as well.