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Jul 27th, 2022, 11:04 | #1 |
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Drop link tightening
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I think I have asked this before, but my car has just had an MOT advisery for worn anti-roll bar link bushes on my reasonably new links, and I am again wondering if I am over-tightening them? Do you just tighten till the "discs" touch the rubber? So, very lightly? Thanks
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Jul 27th, 2022, 12:12 | #2 |
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I'd say if the discs are only lightly touching the rubber then it's not tight enough. I've always tightened them until the rubber is just beginning to squash a bit. Imagine squeezing your finger - just before you say "ouch"
There's not a lot of movement there - mostly just up and down, so tight isn't going to be putting a lot of pressure on anything. |
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Jul 28th, 2022, 02:16 | #3 |
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Clifford Pope's method is how I do it too. Your problem is perhaps that the quality of the new bushes is poor. Even Volvo ones. For droplink bushes you could spend a bit more and get poly ones. SuperPro are good -- not too hard. When I had a Mazda Bongo I had to change the front droplinks every six months or so because the aftermarket ones were all so bad and didn't hold up on Norfolk's rutted and potholed lanes.
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Jul 28th, 2022, 11:00 | #4 | |
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Jul 30th, 2022, 12:59 | #5 |
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I've just looked up what a 240 droplink looks like and it is the same as a 940 one but a different length, the bushes appear the same though. For a 940 the top and bottom washer need to be 42mm apart, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same setting for a 240. So the domed part of the washers need a gap of 42mm not the edges.
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Aug 5th, 2022, 15:13 | #6 | |
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I'm also thinking, maybe, it is also a problem that my car is slightly lowered, as the bar ends constantly sit at an angle? Could that cause premature wear? Thanks Henrik
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Aug 6th, 2022, 10:04 | #7 |
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Could be. I'd have thought that ideally the end of the bar should be at 90 degrees to the link - I think that's the general principle with all linkages and crank arrangements?
Perhaps lowered suspension should use shorter links, to retain the geometry? |
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