Rear shock lower bolt torque spec

My vacation pics show that the lower bolt on the rear shocks need to be torqued to 46 lb-ft. I see this spec both in the general overview diagram and also the instructions for replacing the shock. Is this correct? I figure the torque spec would be similar to the front strut lower bolts (>100 lb-ft). Anyone have a revised vacation pic which says differently?

Bump, someone's gotta know this from experience.

Well I just tightend mine until I felt they were tight - ha! I know many people are having trouble taking it off, so it seems the factory tightened them more than 46 ft-lbs.

definitely more than 46ft lbs from the factory. I needed an impact gun to remove F/R when doing my coilovers.

110-120 ft. lbs is what I'm remembering... but don't take that to heart. That info is in several threads on here if you spend some time searching you can find it.

Well, I've seen seen service manuals from a few different generation Subaru Legacy's, and all of them have the torque spec in the 45-50 lb-ft range.

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5757

 

118 ft lbs rear

112 ft lbs front.

 

Those numbers can be found in several other threads as well... this was just the first one I found. Hope you get it worked out!

It's 118ft*lbs... T9 in this diagram:

 

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/2446/rearsuspensionservicemaru2.jpg

Thanks for the help guys. My service manual says 46 ft-lbs for the exact same nut, in three places none-the-less!

 

Anyways, 118 it is.

Right here, or search for vacation pix.

 

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/8512/frontsuspensionservicemed1.jpg

As a disclaimer, I broke two bolts trying to tighten to the spec, T6 = 89ft-lbs, on the lower right connection for item 20 (camber link). The threads sheared right off, and both bolts were brand new. I ended up just going as tight as possible with a standard length 3/8 drive ratchet. These bolts were noticeably different from the other bolts in the system.

 

It's 118ft*lbs... T9 in this diagram:

 

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/2446/rearsuspensionservicemaru2.jpg

As a disclaimer, I broke two bolts trying to tighten to the spec, T6 = 89ft-lbs, on the lower right connection for item 20 (camber link). The threads sheared right off, and both bolts were brand new. I ended up just going as tight as possible with a standard length 3/8 drive ratchet. These bolts were noticeably different from the other bolts in the system.

 

 

2013 legacy premium I stretched the hell out of a new bolt and the old one using 89 ft lbs and I even stepped it up in 10 ft lb increments. I eventually went to a nut and bolt store and got a real grade 10 bolt nut and two washers I then went to 89 ft lbs no problem. Good luck.