Struts

[AUSFITTER]

Hi all,
Just a question about stretch bolts for the vy struts. I have seen on another forum saying you need to replace the stretch bolts, is this right? Why cant you use the same ones?

[Surfwagon]

They are called stretch bolts because as they torque up they stretch to reach the torque setting.
This stretch acts a little like a spring keeping the bolt in tension while it is under torque.
Problem is that each time you torque up the bolt it will stratch a little more so there is the prospect of the bolt maybe snapping.
Saying all that, when you get a full front wheel alignment (a proper one not a toe and go) they will sometime have to back off those bolts to adjust the camber so out the window goes the argument for not reusing them.
I have reused mine, sometimes more than a few times.

[AUSFITTER]

I understood the whole "stretch" side of things, but i was under the impression that if it was torqued to the right setting, there wouldnt be any issues, cause its not be tightened past its limit. I think i will just reuse them, and just use loctite aswell. Cheers for the reply