Step 9.
Carefully place the Support/Cross Brace subassembly onto the struts of
the SXR by placing each strut through the holes of the Support Braces as shown
in Photo 12. Make sure the HRS logo of the Support/Cross Brace subassembly is
located on the same side as first Cross Brace. Make sure that each strut is
properly seated into each countersunk hole of the Support Brace.
At this point the screws connecting the Cross Brace sub assembly should be fully
tightened. Before tightening screw fully be sure that the Cross Brace and Support
Brace are completely perpendicular to each other as shown in Photo 2. Tighten
screws (shown in Photo 3) until the screws stop turning and the top of T-Wrench
handle twists an additional 1/16 to 1/8 of a rotation relative to the bolt. This will
give you proper torque on the assembly. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the opposite
side of the Cross Brace with again checking that the two parts are perpendicular
to each other (minor adjustments can be made prior to torque of the bolts). After
the 8 bolts are tightened check one more time to make sure the Struts are still
sitting into the counter bores on the backside of the Support Brace.
As done in Step 3 add a polymer ring to each of the threaded ends of the struts
(see Photo 13) Make sure the Polymer Ring sits into the counter bore of the
Support Brace.
Photo 12
