I have done something incredibly stupid. Have had some front suspension wobbles and thinking my track bar may need tightening.....yep I snapp the bolt when tightening it up. Now....I'm no arnie swartzeneger..just a puny accountant....was thinking....wondering if there are torque settings I should know about. Any way after repllcing the snapped bolt with your standard bunnings bolt I thought..I wonder if the original bolt was a high tensile bolt? There are some strange markings on the head of the old bolt which got me thinking....maybe....
As I said ....a very stupid thing to do....lets just call it a 'learning experience'
the axle end of the trackbar should torque to 75nm with clean threads and blue loctite applied...retorque after 150km...i always use high tensile bolts for suspension/chassis parts
the axle end of the trackbar should torque to 75nm with clean threads and blue loctite applied...retorque after 150km...i always use high tensile bolts for suspension/chassis parts
Thanks mate.......have acquired a torque wrench and will get to it
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