Hi all,
2003 Pontiac Vibe with 100K miles
I'm replacing the original struts (all four corners) with Monroe quick struts (purchased from advance auto parts). The rear went smoothly. However, the front gave me a problem. I set my torque wrench to 28 ft lbs, right away, I snapped the first bolt. I thought my torque wrench is out of wack, so I went back to the store to purchase a new strut mount and rented their torque wrench and the spring compressor.
To make it short, with a new torque wrench, I broke two out of the six bolts. My question is, is 28 ft lbs is the correct torque specs for the strut mount? or Monroe used low quality grade bolts? Should I lower the torque? Any advice.
Thanks,