Upper Strut Nut Install/Impact Wrench

[CapitalTruck]

When installing the upper nut on new struts I held the strut rod with vise grips (using old bike inner tube for protection) and hit the nut with an impact wrench then gave it a couple quick extra bumps. I got it quite tight.  Then I saw the 37lbs torque spec.  Do I need to worry if I overtightened it?  I don’t think anything deformed.  Does anyone know a way to install that nut without impact wrench (and keep the rod from spinning).

Edited November 9, 2020 by CapitalTruck

[CamGTP]

I've never once torqued them, can't even count how many I've done by now.

 

A couple braps with my impact and slam in back in the car/truck.

 

I only torque or use the tried and true german spec if they are shocks with a bushing on top that you don't want to smash into oblivion.

[CapitalTruck]

Yeah, I cant figure a way to hold the flat on the stem and tighten the bolt in that recessed upper mount.  I guess if I way overtightened there would have been a failure I would have seen.