phred
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- Corvallis, Oregon
Hi everyone
I'm replacing the bushings on my sway bar and connecting links with polyurethane and have some questions about torquing the bolts and nuts.
The FSM lists a spec of 27 ft-lb for the nut on the end of the connecting link that attaches to the sway bar. I can get only to about 20 ft-lbs before the nut runs past the end of the threads on the passenger side link. I wondered what the click was I was getting with each revolution of the nut and finally figured out the nut was just spinning around the shaft. Should I replace the connecting link and nut or just back the nut back until it is fully threaded and match the driver's side link to it?
Then for the lower end of the connecting link, the torque for the bolt holding it to the axle bracket is 55 ft-lb. I torqued it to about 40 ft-lb but the bushing was getting so distorted that I quit to see what I could find out here. The bushing is squishing out on one side of the bolt head and it just doesn't look right to me.
Thanks for any assistance.
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1990 Jeep Cherokee 2WD
I'm replacing the bushings on my sway bar and connecting links with polyurethane and have some questions about torquing the bolts and nuts.
The FSM lists a spec of 27 ft-lb for the nut on the end of the connecting link that attaches to the sway bar. I can get only to about 20 ft-lbs before the nut runs past the end of the threads on the passenger side link. I wondered what the click was I was getting with each revolution of the nut and finally figured out the nut was just spinning around the shaft. Should I replace the connecting link and nut or just back the nut back until it is fully threaded and match the driver's side link to it?
Then for the lower end of the connecting link, the torque for the bolt holding it to the axle bracket is 55 ft-lb. I torqued it to about 40 ft-lb but the bushing was getting so distorted that I quit to see what I could find out here. The bushing is squishing out on one side of the bolt head and it just doesn't look right to me.
Thanks for any assistance.
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1990 Jeep Cherokee 2WD