Ulix & Curtis,
I've ripped the "squarish buffer brackets" out of 2 race cars in the course
of "spirited competition driving". Niether of these cars had ever had any
rust in this area. Take a good look at this and surrounding areas for
structural integrity, as if it rips out mid-corner, you can go into a pretty
severe understeer situation in a hurry.
WST
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Curtis Carlson <carlson@navtech.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: Sway bar mounting bolts
>Curtis,
>almost everything on the Spridget is either 1/4 fine or 3/8 fine.
>The sway bar bolts are 3/8 fine. If your car has never had a bar mounted,
>you need to chase the threads with a tap. Paint and crud from 32 years
>accumulates in the holes and needs to be removed.
>
>Stainless steel fasteners are NOT strong. They are not for
>suspension use, only for medium load, non-essential application.
>
>Fasteners used on cars are either grade 5 (3 lines on bolt head) or 8 (5
>lines on bolt head). For the sway bar bolts, grade 5 is plenty, but you
>can use greade 8 if you want.
>Use self locking (nyloc) nuts on the arms.
>
>Ulix
>
>
>On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Curtis Carlson wrote:
>
>> Hi there listers:
>>
>> I received my new sway bar in the mail yesterday but it didn't contain
>> the bolts which mount the bar to the frame via the squarish buffer
>> brackets.
>>
>> Does anyone know the bolt size for these 4 bolts? I suspect they are
>> 9/16" fine or something close, but haven't had any luck determining the
>> exact bolt size.
>>
>> Also, for mounting the brackets to the A-Arms, I wanted to get the
>> strongest bolts available, so I bought stainless steel
>> bolts/washers/nuts for this. Do you all think that this will work okay
>> and do I have to worry about any electrolytic action between the
>> stainless steel bolts and the regular steel of the A-Arms and the sway
>> bar mounting braket?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Curt
>>
>> --
>> Curtis Carlson
>> '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty")
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>
> Ulix __/__,__
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