i was trying to shorten my strut bar today, after installing plenum spacer. i didnt loosen the jam nuts when i took the strut bar off, now its stuck. Does anyone know of a way to loosen these?

Thanks

 

What is stuck? The locking nut?

 

yea, the jam bolt on the inside.

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doh, its not taking spaces but the one on the inside

 

The locking nut is the one in the center.
Try a couple of drops of penetrating fluid.
Is it misthreaded?
Are you turning it in the correct direction?

 

the third nut from the left. the jam nut. it can't be threaded cuz it never budged. maybe i need a longer monkey wrench? ill try to spray it with some oil tomorrow. i was pulling towards the front of the car. is that not right?

 

It has been awhile since I installed the spacer. I cannot remember which direction I turned the nut.

 

haha its ok. thanks alot though

 

not to hijack this guys thread but i just installed my 5/16 spacer and it may be alla in my head but I feeel a slight vibration in the steering wheel when i get it above like 75. Was this there before and I'm just noticing it now because I'm paranoid? Or do i need to adjust the strut bar?

 

I just used a regular crescent wrench. Remember to turn it to the LEFT. It's probably pretty tight, but use some force, it should come loose.

 

if you are turning towards the front of the car, then you would be tightening it against the strut bar, you want to turn it towards the windshield.

 

I forget but that side may be Left handed thread ---look close to ur threads---U may be tightening , not loosening

 

righty tighty, lefty loosey. those 4 words can help you a lot!

 

UNLESS its a left hand thread ---then --righty loosey , lefty tighty

 

Just walked out to the car ---Right hand nut is LEFT HAND THREAD---Left Nut is RIGHT HAND THREAD------U TURN both, left, and right nut ---top towards the front of the car.
In fact if u look at Davidv's pic ---u will see that the right threads are left hand and the left threads are right hand ---On his pic ---turn BOTH towards the lower right hand corner of the pic

 

Thanks! i might have been turning the wrong way. but just put soem pressure on it and it came loose. now i got the spacers in and strut bar on too. hood and plenum clearance are good! motordyne is awesome.

 

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