I'm trying to put new sway bar bushings in but the bolts are completly rusted out. The first one I tried already broke, even after using PB, heat, and a BFH! Does anybody know what size these nuts and bolts are?? I have a feeling that all 4 are gonna bust on me...
O yea, Is it possible to bend a sway bar endlink? I just put in new ones from Energy Susp. in June and the drivers side is bent slightly. Did I put them in wrong or what?
Thanks
Anthony
Not sure on the bolts and you will undestand why I don't want to pull one out to measure it
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End links can be bent but I don't know if they can bend on the car?? What I have heard is to tighten the end links until the bushings are compressed to about the diameter of the metal retainers/washers. The weight of the car has to be on the wheels when the tightening is done.
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NATO Member. it's not a vice, it's an obsession
Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.
88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
http://www.turbotbird.com/showroom/pd_88tc.htm
Pete,
I understand
[Image: biggrin.gif] its a real pain if theve never been replaced before.
I've got some M10X1.25 nuts and bolts, the nut fits and threads on the swaybar bolt fine but the original requires a 15mm socket while the M10's I have are 17mm...
With the endlinks, I put the car on ramps to install them. I think the problem is the sway bar bushings though. On the drivers side there is a gap between the bar and the bushing big enough to see through
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Thanks
Anthony
Does anybody know what size these bolts are?
I found the following number for the bolts in the manual:
N804117-S160, tighten to 37-50 ft lbs
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NATO Member. it's not a vice, it's an obsession
Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.
88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
http://www.turbotbird.com/showroom/pd_88tc.htm
Thank you Pete. It looks like I'm gonna have to fork out the cash for bolts from the dealer...
Anthony