Fitting a strut brace

[sheep911uk]

i have purchased a strut brace and was wondering how tough a job it was to fit,im told it fits via the two allen bolts to the rear of the strut tower.
Any advice please?
Thanks
Nick

 

[dtunnicliffe]

Hi Nick,

This should rate as a single spanner job on the scale of difficulty. Just make sure the car is standing on level ground since movement in the top mount would result in a change of camber angle. Other than that there should be no problem. Let us know how you get on since there are mixed views on strut braces for torsion bar suspension vehicles. Almost all of the lift is excerted by the torsion bars BUT under heavy braking or cornering on rough roads some effort is transferred through the shocks to the body at the top mount. It stands to reason therefore that any stiffening applied to the location of the top mount (through say a strut brace) will under certain conditions greatly improve handling. keep us all posted and good luck!

Dave

 

[zwhitea]

I fitted a strut brace to mine and never really found it made to much of a difference, until you really push it... Was only a cheap universal strut brace however, not a proper fixed brace.

 

[zwhitea]

There is one thing I should mention, when fitting my strut brace I had to replace one of the fixing bolts with a slightly longer one, as the original just would not bit enough for me to do it up.

 

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ORIGINAL: dtunnicliffe

Hi Nick,

This should rate as a single spanner job on the scale of difficulty. Just make sure the car is standing on level ground since movement in the top mount would result in a change of camber angle. Other than that there should be no problem. Let us know how you get on since there are mixed views on strut braces for torsion bar suspension vehicles. Almost all of the lift is excerted by the torsion bars BUT under heavy braking or cornering on rough roads some effort is transferred through the shocks to the body at the top mount. It stands to reason therefore that any stiffening applied to the location of the top mount (through say a strut brace) will under certain conditions greatly improve handling. keep us all posted and good luck!

Dave

There should not be any camber change as you always have one of the bolts securely fastened so the strut top cannot move. Remember to scrape the body schutz off for a nice tight fit.

There are other threads on strut braces if you search, plus, IIRC, instructions for installation.

RB