East Coast Supercharging ECS Trans Strut Brace - Manual (Page 6)

28.Install the 3/8 lock nuts
onto the rear lower rod end
bolts. Tighten all four bolts
holding the lower strut rods.
29.Install the differential cross
bar using the 2 supplied 3/8
16 bolts. Torque the bolts to
40 ft lbs.(fig.8)
30.Turn the four strut rods by
hand clockwise until they
snug up. (fig. 9)
31.Mark a black line at the 12
O’clock position on each
strut rod by the drilled hole.
32.Insert a punch into the hole
and turn each bar clockwise one
half turn using the black line as
your measurement. Be sure all
strut bars are being shortened
while turning, the object of tight-
ening the strut bars is to bring the
rear and transmission assembly
together. (fig. 9)
33.Once all four rods are pre-
loaded tighten the 8 jam nuts.
34.Reinstall the vibration damp-
ner onto the rear.
Thank you for purchasing the ECS manual transmission brace.
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Fig 8
Fig 9