[TR] Sway Bar Link

[Tim Hutchisen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
To: "'Triumph Sports car discussion'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 
<6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 8:48 AM
Subject: [TR] Sway Bar Link


> In looking at the sway bar link the
> other day something is obviously very wrong as it's all torn apart. The 
> part
> I'm talking about is the treaded piece that attaches to the suspension has 
> a
> ball on the other end that fits into the sway bar link and is cushioned 
> with
> rubber. Hope that makes sense. You can see the piece here
> (http://www.victoriabritish.com/icatalog/t6/0082.asp)  Anyway, the rubber 
> is
> all chewed up and the metal housing that the ball goes in to is also
> somewhat chewed up. It's the same on both sides. As I recall, I first 
> fitted
> the sway bar to the frame and then attached the link assembly to the
> suspension bracket. In order to do that I had to jack each side up a 
> little
> to get it to line up. The car was still on jack stands and the link 
> assemble
> bolt and bracket hole wouldn't line up with the car un-sprung. So what did 
> I
> do wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Danielson


Bob-
    If I'm understanding you correctly............You should've waited until 
the car was fully laden prior to tightening the links. Tightening them 
before the car is on the ground creates internal shear in the rubber sockets 
when the car gets put on the ground.
Tim Hutchisen
71 TR6 (350 miles with the top down today) Day of Triumph show in Brookline 
MA.
70 GT6+ (daily driver)
60 TR3A (project)
74 Spitfire (project)