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BMR camber bolt failure
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<blockquote data-quote="fullboogie" data-source="post: 12287942" data-attributes="member: 23633"><p>UPDATE: please see post #30 regarding BMR's response to this issue. </p><p></p><p>I've had an awful clunking in my front end lately, so I pulled the wheels off today to see if anything was obviously wrong. Per Van's recommendation, I also checked the sway bar end links. While checking everything with my torque wrench I found that the passenger side strut, where it mounts to the steering knuckle, was obviously loose (I could see a gap on either side of the ear that is sandwiched by the strut). When I put my torque wrench on the bolts, I found the nut on the lower strut bolt (BMR camber bolt) just spun and spun. In fact, no amount of cajoling would remove the nut from the bolt - I had to cut off the bolt head with a cutoff wheel and slip the bolt out. </p><p></p><p>I do not use impact wrenches to install parts, ever. I used my digital Snap On torque wrench to install all my front/rear suspension parts about 6 weeks ago, so there is no way I overtorqued this bolt. Given that this bolt was likely going to fail at some point, this really concerns me. Has anyone ever had this happen??? I guess I'm going to have to fork out the money for camber plates now, which is something I did not want to have to do. :shrug:</p><p></p><p>And while I'm at it, what plates are most people using for a DD? The J&M's are attractive due to price, but are they any good? Anything else you recommend?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fullboogie, post: 12287942, member: 23633"] UPDATE: please see post #30 regarding BMR's response to this issue. I've had an awful clunking in my front end lately, so I pulled the wheels off today to see if anything was obviously wrong. Per Van's recommendation, I also checked the sway bar end links. While checking everything with my torque wrench I found that the passenger side strut, where it mounts to the steering knuckle, was obviously loose (I could see a gap on either side of the ear that is sandwiched by the strut). When I put my torque wrench on the bolts, I found the nut on the lower strut bolt (BMR camber bolt) just spun and spun. In fact, no amount of cajoling would remove the nut from the bolt - I had to cut off the bolt head with a cutoff wheel and slip the bolt out. I do not use impact wrenches to install parts, ever. I used my digital Snap On torque wrench to install all my front/rear suspension parts about 6 weeks ago, so there is no way I overtorqued this bolt. Given that this bolt was likely going to fail at some point, this really concerns me. Has anyone ever had this happen??? I guess I'm going to have to fork out the money for camber plates now, which is something I did not want to have to do. :shrug: And while I'm at it, what plates are most people using for a DD? The J&M's are attractive due to price, but are they any good? Anything else you recommend? [/QUOTE]
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