loosenut
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First time posting on this awesome forum. It has been a great resource and I have learnt quite a lot from just searching and reading...
My problem is I am getting some rattling from the front end, which I think is coming from the sway bar link bushes
I just replaced the sway bar link kits on my 1998 vt commodore berlina wagon. Got new HD wasp ones... much better than the crappy stock holden ones used.
After I finished it seemed to drive much better... I took the car into a tyre shop to get some new front tyres, replace and grease the tied rod ends and get a wheel alignment. I asked them to check the sway bar kit I had just replaced
The guy at the shop said that the sway bad rods needed to be loosened. I was surprised as I thought they had to be tightened...
Since then the front end has developed a rattle... not too bad and only really noticable when going over bumps, etc... but I am pretty sure that it wasnt there before I took it to the shop
So my question is how tight should the bottom nut be on the sway bar rod? At the moment there is a visible gap between the yellow bush and the sway bar.
will I need to get a wheel alignment again once I have readjusted the tightness?
any help would be greatly appreciated
cheers
My problem is I am getting some rattling from the front end, which I think is coming from the sway bar link bushes
I just replaced the sway bar link kits on my 1998 vt commodore berlina wagon. Got new HD wasp ones... much better than the crappy stock holden ones used.
After I finished it seemed to drive much better... I took the car into a tyre shop to get some new front tyres, replace and grease the tied rod ends and get a wheel alignment. I asked them to check the sway bar kit I had just replaced
The guy at the shop said that the sway bad rods needed to be loosened. I was surprised as I thought they had to be tightened...
Since then the front end has developed a rattle... not too bad and only really noticable when going over bumps, etc... but I am pretty sure that it wasnt there before I took it to the shop
So my question is how tight should the bottom nut be on the sway bar rod? At the moment there is a visible gap between the yellow bush and the sway bar.
will I need to get a wheel alignment again once I have readjusted the tightness?
any help would be greatly appreciated
cheers