OMG. Broken bolt on Rear LCA (last bolt)

holy shit dude, that bolts only supposed to be like 40lbf-ft

good old noob backyard mechanics, it aint tight until it stops moving hahaha, every single bolt on a car has a specific torque spec, yes it would be a pain in the ass to follow but for the more major bolts ie you suspension, wouldnt hurt asking

anyway quick tip for everyone installing LCA's new or reinstalling old, do not tighten the bolts on the control arm completely while jacked up in the air, do it so its firm, bring the car down, and tightening completely. By doing this you are going to prevent premature bush wear. If you tighten it completely while car is jacked up ie no load on vehicle - hence no load on the control arms, and bring them down, the bushes will twist as the controls arms change angle (there is no slack between the bush or bolt for them to rotate to a sensible position to coresspond with the angle while the cars load is on them), so your bushes will constantly be twisted / have twisting force on them even while your car is sitting still, causing premature failure/fatigue

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Originally Posted by AutoNoob

lol me and my dad ghetto removed it because we couldnt use the bolt removed extractor tool. we filed the end of the broken bolt sticking out so that there are 2 parallel flat surfaces and then used a spanner to pull it out.
DIY father & son team FTW !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFL.

Ben's really tight comment made me put the torque wrench to the max 240 foot pounds?. thinking "van" is no chuck norris, no way could this tiny boy break anything.
Fark!!! It just went " BONNNNNNNNNNG" haha.

All is good now. and the sway bar rocks, no car roll means for some reason the front wheel doesnt scrape in tight corners (car lowered). Will post pictures of the broken LCA bolt soon. XD

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hahaha
at work a guy was tightening a bolt that goes to 240Nm and the dial on the scale dropped to 400Nm. He fell on his arse. Lesson learned.

markojek1 is right, no tightening the suspension bolts while in the air
if your cars too low to crawl under then you could probably jack up the lca to approx normal ride height and tighten it up