That distinct thud

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 07/19/2015 at 14:27 • Filed to: None

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My sway bars hate keeping their nuts on. I lost an entire end link and 2 sets of nuts and bushings so far. Driving to lunch I heard the dull thud, checked it out and my swaybar is bouncing on the end link as the nut has backed off a good inch or so.

I though I used loctite last time but I guess not. Would snugging up another nut work you think?

TheHondaBro > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/19/2015 at 14:33

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Make a man out of your sway bars.

Funktheduck > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/19/2015 at 14:38

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Nylon nuts?

Squid > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/19/2015 at 14:40

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get a castle nut and drill a hole for a cotter pin. or do what race cars do and safety wire the bolts so they don’t come undone unless you want them to. Locktite will get you so far, but it can be a mess and or a pain in the ass if you need to do a repair on the side of the road as you need a torch to heat it up to break it free. You could also try a lock washer and a Nylock nut. But before you go through all that trouble, have you been getting the nuts tightened to torque spec?

Tohru > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/19/2015 at 14:43

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Drill bit, safety wire.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Funktheduck 07/19/2015 at 14:46

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Only on a car forum would such a statement make sense but still draw giggles

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > TheHondaBro 07/19/2015 at 14:47

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Our fine Virginia roads have castrated them. Poor sway bars

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Squid 07/19/2015 at 14:48

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I tighten them down to tight enough that the bushing is snug but not compressed. Couldn’t tell you the spec needed

jariten1781 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/19/2015 at 14:55

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If one came loose and you jammed down on everything you probably stretched all the posts overtightening them. I’d try new hardware and torque to spec before safety wire.

AthomSfere > Squid 07/19/2015 at 15:11

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“Tighten to spec” was my thought.

Squid > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/19/2015 at 16:51

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I would try to find the spec’s on what torque is needed and then get a torque wrench and tighten to that number, I bet you are not getting close to actually being tight enough. Torque specs are there for just this reason, along with lock washers.