darrinb

for the 2nd time in 8k miles the endlinks to my sways have come loose, i dunno if i need some locking nuts
or do i just push the car soo hard that they can come loose???

03typeS6spd

mine have come loose twice, and i haven't been driving hard on them, i thought about getting a second nut to tighten them down also, but the last time i did it i got some bigger wrenches to hold the allen portion of the bolt in place and tightened the shit of them, they haven't started making noise again yet...

Allout

Mine have stayed tight. Torque them to 28ft/lbs.

lead_sled_dog

The fronts on mine came loose recently. Just put them back on and retightened. I was of course surprised.

Dem1K

iTrader: (1)

Ok you guys...i've got no idea how to torque these things to spec? I just used a socket wrench and tightened it until I felt it was tight enough. Anyways...do you guys know the torque specs for the front and the rear sways? I'm gonna go to my mechanic dood and have him try to fix my sways. I'm sure they need to be re-tightened, and the sound they're making is just unbearable.

NiteQwill

Torque numbers according to Helms:
Rear sway bar bushing holder bolts: 16 lb-ft
Rear sway bar end link nuts: 28 lb-ft
Front sway bar bushing holder bolts: 29 lb-ft
Front sway bar end link nut: 28 lb-ft

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

I have never had to in 3 years.

shinybluecls

this might be a stupid question...but how can you tell if your end links come loose?

NiteQwill

You'll hear "clunking."

darrinb

i think the hole where the bolt goes in is too big and thats why they are coming loose

phipark

Yeah, I've had to tighten one of the rears one time since I installed them in July. I think that's because I didn't tighten that much in the first place. I don't have a torque wrench.

AuCLSman

darrinb, end links studs corrode badly and are difficult to retq once loosened. retorquing nuts to rusted studs may "seem" tight and may not in fact be seated . this will show an incorrect final torque value
i needed to replace links on mine (due to corrosion)when they wouldnt hold when torqued to spec

AQUI NO!

are you supposed to be able to slide the sway bars back and forth in if tighten to specs above or does mean my bushings are shot?

Bobbydoedoe

thats what happened to myne 3 years ago because i have overtighten it, and the holes on the car wont' grab the bolt. So i went to home depot, buy a new set of bolt and nut, than put the nut that i bought over the existing one.