Hi Michael,
I don't think you could come up with a torque setting for what you ask
as it would be seriously affected by the torque required to turn the
nylock nut you are tightening. In my experience ADDCO's instructions are
pretty good ones. Watch the rubber busing as you tighten the nut and you
will easily see it swell as the pressure comes on.
As I recall the original bars were painted semi gloss black and the end
links, washers and nuts were zinc plated.
BTW take it a little easy when you first start driving with the stiffer
bar, the small increase in diameter results in a huge increase in
torsional rigidity and can very easily produce a substantial degree of
under steer, don't ask me how I know :-)
Michael Salter
www.precisionsportscar.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Awgertoo@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:15 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: End-link torque settings
I received the 7/8" ADDCO front-anti-roll bar to replace my bent one.
The
instructions say to "tighten the end-link nut until the bushings just
begin to
bulge". Since I've always been of the "torque till stripped--then back
off a
quarter-turn" school I'm wondering if anyone has a recommended torque
setting?
BTW, the bar and links were described to me as being gold-anodized which
I
was prepared to paint out. In actuality the finish more closely
resembles the
"bright plating" originally used on some of the suspension hardware. As
a
point of information, what was the original finish on sway-bars and
links?
TIA--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
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