| 91 TT, doing the Energy Suspension urethane diff flange replacement job... The bolts that attach the rear half-axle flanges to the differential output flanges want 51 to 58 foot pounds. However there's no way to get socket and torque wrench on them. I used a pipe wrench on a box wrench to get them off, and I know I could use some kind of extended crowfoot wrench to tighten them down but I am reluctant to put that much torque on an open ended wrench. Anyone ever tried to tighten this bolt pattern down to the proper spec and have a tip? If not, it's time to make yet another custom tool for the Z, welding a couple of spare 3/8" drive sockets onto a short arm. It would have been better for Nissan to instead thread the other side and flip the bolts around. N.A. cars have a nut/bolt in the opposite direction but I digress.
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