trailing arm bolts
 

hello pelican crew
Can anyone help me. There are two allen key bolts (coded red on jpg attached). Cos of where they're positioned, access is tight.
Can anyone tell me size allen key needed and could a normal 'L' shaped allen key do if I can get hold of one with a shorter 90 deg bend. I'm wondering, is there a porsche 911 specific allen key for the job.

Thanks alot for any advice members can give.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1266005407.jpg

sorry picture here

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1266005617.jpg

don't touch them yet!

post what exactly you are trying to do?

and no, the torque is way high for a simple Allen key - you will need Allen sockets, a torque wrench and a breaker bar + a ratchet handle

you could spray some Kroil or pb Blaster or loctite freeze off on them while waiting - tap the fastener with a small steel hammer a few dozen times; lather rinse repeat

Best tool is a normal allen key with 1/2" to 3/4" cut off the end. Sockets + ratchet are a tight fit (impossible on my car). Sears sells a 12mm allen wrench for $10.

You don't need to apply much torque - you tighten & loosen the nut on the outboard side, the allen just sets the alignment & holds the eccentric bolts. It's useful to mark the bolts somehow before you take them apart. Also useful to jack the car up, unload the suspension, and then unload the spring plate with a floor jack before you start aligning things. Much easier to adjust, but will require a few iterations to get it right.

You should not turn them anyway, They're excentric for toe and camber adjust...

If you have to loose, just hold with an allen key and loose the nut on the other side.

To turn them, you should loose #21 first (two of them), but then alignment is needed

I found the regular Allen keys flexed quite a bit, but I agree that you should not be messing with them unless your alignment is off and you are sure you can properly adjust it yourself, hence my original admonition...