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Originally Posted by Henn28
The straight handle band clamp tool I have will in no way work on the left side inner clap however. Luckily some mechanic that I used in the previous 23 years put a worm gear type clamp on it, which I reused. I wonder if someone makes a 90 degree ear type clamp tool for this job, or are we supposed to drop the stiffener to reach in and clamp the thing! At $28 bucks each those bolts will add quite a bit to the job.
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https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/inn...cta-tools-4014
That's the tool I bought for that job.
Most often some heat will be needed to break free if it's not been adjusted in a while. My wife's left tie rod was so stuck it took a 24" pipe wrench to break it free.
The "TTY" Bolts can be re torqued a couple times. In destructive testing using the factory spec on about half a dozen bolts I didn't experience any change in tension until the 3rd re-tightening of 90° on the third (4th including factory), every one started plastic deformation and on the 4th (5th) they were worthless the torque stopped increasing with angle and they snapped in half.
Some people in effort to reuse will just torque to joint then 45° vs. 90.
You can do what I did: get some 12.9 bolts where spec torque matches the yield on the 10.9 and you can reuse them unlimited times. Add nordlok washer and have them stay tight.