W211 lower control arm, can't get torque wrench in?

[Rich20]

Ive just fitted some lower control arms, the wis says do not turn the bolt and tighten the nut, the bolts are not fluted bolts, there is not enough room to tighten the nuts with a torque wrench even though the wis tells you too, how do people on hear tighten them? Can I just tighten them from the bolt end with the torque wrench instead and hold the spanner on the nut?

 

[alexanderfoti]

Can you insert the bolt from the other side?

 

[Rich20]

Possibly I will have to see how much room there is tommorow, I was just putting them in the way they came out,

 

[EmilysDad]

I wouldn't worry too much whether you're torquing the bolt or nut ..... I know it should really be the nut, but ..... Just 'torque' to FT

And have the weight of the car on the suspension as you tighten it up i.e. don't have the wheel suspended as you tighten it up.

 

[DREAMER NO2]

ED Good information it will torque up one way or the other .

 

[Rich20]

Couldn't reverse the bolts so just tightened them up at tight as I could with a ring spanner and ratchet in the end,

OK had the wheels aligned this morning after replacing the lower control arms, the best they could get the camber was
FL +1.42
FR +1.49
Is this acceptable?