End Links - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

gholian · 05-31-2005, 03:10 AM

I am putting a set of end links on the front of my car at the moment and have a question. How tight do the end links have to be?. Do I tighten them to the last or just enough so that the rubbers on the end links just start to compress.

Thanks.

3.8TransAM · 05-31-2005, 08:55 AM

There is a torque spec for them, I dont have it handy right now.

Try searching for torque and sway bar endlinks

later
Jeremy

DuronClocker · 05-31-2005, 10:39 AM

17ft-lbs, give or take 1ft-lb, I believe. I usually just keep tightening them though until it doesn't turn too easily anymore.

phess11 · 05-31-2005, 01:49 PM

I think the general thought on this board, if you don't have a torgue wrench, is that you tighten them until the rubber compresses to the same size diameter as the large washer on the end.

83 Crossfire TA · 06-01-2005, 02:25 AM

Tighten them till the nut contacts the shoulder…. It shouldn’t take much/any force at that point to keep them from backing off, so they don’t have to be that tight at that point

gholian · 06-01-2005, 11:32 AM

Thanks Guys for getting back to me.