Torque Settings for Stabilizer Link Kit and Stabilizer Bar Bushing
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Torque Settings for Stabilizer Link Kit and Stabilizer Bar Bushing
While replacing my front shocks, I noticed that the bushings for the front stabilizer links and the stabilizer bar bushings are shot. I'm either going to pick up a set of rubber bushings or the thermoplastic ones from Moog. Either way, what is the torque setting I'm supposed to use for these bushings?
Also, can anyone recommend a good repair/assembly manual so I don't have to bug you guys for future torque settings?
Thanks.
Also, can anyone recommend a good repair/assembly manual so I don't have to bug you guys for future torque settings?
Thanks.
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the 1969 factory Chassis Service manual shows 10 ft lbs for the frame bracket and 15 ft lbs for the link bolts. The factory Chassis Service and Chassis Overhaul manuals either in hard copy or CD are the best resource along with the AIM
Last edited by MelWff; Apr 22, 2016 at 10:38 AM.
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Personally, rather than worry about torque setting, I would do it the way it was done for years with rubber bushings. Tighten the bolt until the rubber bushings expand to the size of the metal washers that retain them.
You would need an inch pound torque wrench to reliably read 10 ft lbs in any case as any torque wrench is unreliable at the lower and upper 10% of the wrench setting. (I calibrated torque wrenches, along with other precision measuring equipment in an earlier life.
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Good luck... GUSTO
You would need an inch pound torque wrench to reliably read 10 ft lbs in any case as any torque wrench is unreliable at the lower and upper 10% of the wrench setting. (I calibrated torque wrenches, along with other precision measuring equipment in an earlier life.
)Good luck... GUSTO
