That's what my mistake was then.......guess I'll be ordering new links ;-(
Was the Triumph show at the Brookline Transportation Museum today Tim?
That's a great location.
Thanks
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 9:05 PM
To: Bob Danielson; 'Triumph Sportscar discussion'; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Sway Bar Link
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
To: "'Triumph Sports car discussion'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
<6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:48 AM
Subject: [TR] Sway Bar Link
> In looking at the sway bar link the
> other day something is obviously very wrong as it's all torn apart.
> The part I'm talking about is the treaded piece that attaches to the
> suspension has a ball on the other end that fits into the sway bar
> link and is cushioned with rubber. Hope that makes sense. You can see
> the piece here
> (http://www.victoriabritish.com/icatalog/t6/0082.asp) Anyway, the
> rubber is all chewed up and the metal housing that the ball goes in to
> is also somewhat chewed up. It's the same on both sides. As I recall,
> I first fitted the sway bar to the frame and then attached the link
> assembly to the suspension bracket. In order to do that I had to jack
> each side up a little to get it to line up. The car was still on jack
> stands and the link assemble bolt and bracket hole wouldn't line up
> with the car un-sprung. So what did I do wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Danielson
Bob-
If I'm understanding you correctly............You should've waited until
the car was fully laden prior to tightening the links. Tightening them
before the car is on the ground creates internal shear in the rubber sockets
when the car gets put on the ground.
Tim Hutchisen
71 TR6 (350 miles with the top down today) Day of Triumph show in Brookline
MA.
70 GT6+ (daily driver)
60 TR3A (project)
74 Spitfire (project)
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