Originally Posted by jschmid
You must have had the wrong size...I've never stripped a nut with the right size socket. There are two sizes of nuts up there, maybe you used the larger socket on the smaller nut.
The nuts that are holding my TL-S strut bar are only a 12lbs or so factory torque spec...what nut are you trying to remove?
I've never stripped a nut with the right size socket either but the instructions specifically called for a 12mm socket for the 2 rear strut nuts and a 14mm socket for the nut holding down the bar between the strut mount and the firewall. I removed the drivers side nuts without too much effort and I was able to remove 2 of the 3 on the passenger side. It was one of the two rear strut mount nuts that I stripped. It was so tight on there that I even used a breaker bar to gain additional leverage and I thought it was turning at one point but I looked and saw that I was just stripping it. I couldn't believe it. Maybe the guy who installed my shocks and springs a few months back didn't torque them. :dunno: