Curtis,
almost everything on the Spridget is either 1/4 fine or 3/8 fine.
The sway bar bolts are 3/8 fine. If your car has never had a bar mounted,
you need to chase the threads with a tap. Paint and crud from 32 years
accumulates in the holes and needs to be removed.
Stainless steel fasteners are NOT strong. They are not for
suspension use, only for medium load, non-essential application.
Fasteners used on cars are either grade 5 (3 lines on bolt head) or 8 (5
lines on bolt head). For the sway bar bolts, grade 5 is plenty, but you
can use greade 8 if you want.
Use self locking (nyloc) nuts on the arms.
Ulix
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Curtis Carlson wrote:
> Hi there listers:
>
> I received my new sway bar in the mail yesterday but it didn't contain
> the bolts which mount the bar to the frame via the squarish buffer
> brackets.
>
> Does anyone know the bolt size for these 4 bolts? I suspect they are
> 9/16" fine or something close, but haven't had any luck determining the
> exact bolt size.
>
> Also, for mounting the brackets to the A-Arms, I wanted to get the
> strongest bolts available, so I bought stainless steel
> bolts/washers/nuts for this. Do you all think that this will work okay
> and do I have to worry about any electrolytic action between the
> stainless steel bolts and the regular steel of the A-Arms and the sway
> bar mounting braket?
>
> Regards,
>
> Curt
>
> --
> Curtis Carlson
> '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty")
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