DIY - rear sway bar [pics]

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by kobe52

Bit late to the party but living in a rust prone area, will 44 ft lbs torque be enough with pretty weathered shock bolt and nut or should I loctite the shock nut on? Took quite a bit of work to get it off.

We are probably in the same rust belt. Looking at pics is tough but I think those threads are fine. Wire brush them a bit to get the gunk off, apply a little grease and spin the nut up and down the bolt a few times. Degrease the bolt and torque down the nut. 44 ft lbs is not really a great deal of torque and bolt will handle it just fine.

[kobe52]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

We are probably in the same rust belt. Looking at pics is tough but I think those threads are fine. Wire brush them a bit to get the gunk off, apply a little grease and spin the nut up and down the bolt a few times. Degrease the bolt and torque down the nut. 44 ft lbs is not really a great deal of torque and bolt will handle it just fine.

Yep, GTA guy here. Was a little rough getting em off and on on the threads with rust but hasnt seemed to cross thread, atleast that time.