User Manual

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PARTS INCLUDED: TOOLS REQUIRED:

[1] Left-hand side base plate [1] Right-hand side base plate [1] Ratchet driver [1] Extension [1] 13mm Socket [1] 16mm Socket

[6] Long-reach nuts [4] M8 x 20mm Hex socket bolts [1] 6mm Hex key wrench

[1] Aluminum tie-bar

1. Park MINI on a level surface and remove the [6] 13mm hex

nuts (3 on each side) on top of the front strut towers

2. Mount and evenly tighten the NM base plate to strut towers

using special long-reach nuts – torque to 34 Nm (25 ft-lbs.).

NOTE: Hand thread all nuts to be certain that shoulder of nut

centers into NM base plate holes before torquing.

3. Attach NM aluminum tie-bar to base plate on one side at this

time with [1] M8 x 20mm hex socket bolts supplied. Do NOT

tighten at this time.

4. On opposite side of vehicle, adjust billet-end clevis holes to

match-up to base plate hose. In order to slide clevis onto

base plate, rotate bar as necessary. NOTE: Adjust so that an

equal amount of thread is exposed on each side of tie-bar.

5. Install and tighten all [4] M8 x 20mm hex socket bolts using a

6mm hex key wrench.

6. Now hand tighten locking collar on each side of tie-bar.

Installation is complete.

DOC. NM.358856 Rev. 02.10.09

UPPER FRONT TIE BAR – NM.358856 / NM.358856B

[R55] MINI Cooper S & non-S Clubman 2008-up

[R56] MINI Cooper S & non-S Hardtop 2007-up