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Originally Posted by admranger
Except the ride height argument is wrong... 
The bearing rides on the shaft collar. The tightening of the nut serves to hold the strut in position in the collar. It does nothing to the ride height unless your car sits with the shocks fully extended, which it doesn't...
I'm not even sure the torque number is correct. I'll have to look at the manual to be sure. |
I was just referring to tightening the nut to the shock. My friend and I installed my springs after removing my sleeve overs. The position of the nut sat at a different height when my s/o were installed. We did not tighten the nut that much once the springs were installed to mimic the look of the s/o. I received the clunking noise when driving as well but after reading this post, I just tightened the 2 strut nuts and the clunking went away. I guess it had to do with different spring rates.
Either way, the car rides like a champ now!
