Rear Strut Mounts

[02redgalant]

Well Tomorrow I'm replacing the rear strut mounts since I didn't replace'm when I did my shocks,and there pretty shot,one question I have is torquing the rear struts..whats an effective way to do that..when I did the strut job i don't really think I did them right..am I suppose to compress the spring so I can thread the the jam nut as far it can go?or should it be like the front with the cars weight it'll push the spring down so I can torque it to spec....this is a stock setup on gr2's by the way..

[RedGalant2k1]

You won't be able to let the weight of the car help you push the rear shocks in the car. You have to use a floor jack or jackstand and drop the car on that to push the rear suspension assembly into the car. There isn't a specific torque pattern, there is a torque spec, but its not as critical as many think. As long as it is tightened enough that you cannot remove it by hand and another 1/2 turn or so should be more than adequate if you don't have a in/lbs or ft/lbs torque wrench.