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- 99
- Make / Model
- XL Spurt
- Engine Type
- 3.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 3.0 (Flex)
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
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- A properly suspensioned Ranger can be safely airborne for up to 4 seconds at a time! =:O
Do MOOG (blue) "thermoplastic" bushings ever "bulge" when torqued down??
Just installed the most excellent Moog K7275 repl. end links on my 29mm front sway bar ('cause the OEM bushings finally disintegrated). Moog uses a beefy 7/16" bolt for the stems, vs. the 3/8" OEM, and the 4 bushings per link are made of the BLUE Moog/RAMCOA (thermoplastic? urethane?) compound.
Hat tip to Rock Auto for supplying the whole link for less than the bushings alone go for elsewhere.
Replaced the pair of sway bar bushings too (Moog K80080... blue, same stuff?)
ANYWAY... my question is, the installation sheet for the end links says to torque the nut until the bushings just barely bulge from the compression, then back off a 1/4 turn. They show a grainy photo by way of illustration, but the photo seems to show old-style neoprene bushings doing the bulging, eh wot?
I've cranked down pretty hard, gone out and driven some "slalom" S-curves, then tightened some more... still no BULGE... KEEP GOING??? Don't want to crunch the metal sleeves over the bolt. Show me the Jedi wisdom...
thanks in advance
Just installed the most excellent Moog K7275 repl. end links on my 29mm front sway bar ('cause the OEM bushings finally disintegrated). Moog uses a beefy 7/16" bolt for the stems, vs. the 3/8" OEM, and the 4 bushings per link are made of the BLUE Moog/RAMCOA (thermoplastic? urethane?) compound.
Hat tip to Rock Auto for supplying the whole link for less than the bushings alone go for elsewhere.
Replaced the pair of sway bar bushings too (Moog K80080... blue, same stuff?)
ANYWAY... my question is, the installation sheet for the end links says to torque the nut until the bushings just barely bulge from the compression, then back off a 1/4 turn. They show a grainy photo by way of illustration, but the photo seems to show old-style neoprene bushings doing the bulging, eh wot?
I've cranked down pretty hard, gone out and driven some "slalom" S-curves, then tightened some more... still no BULGE... KEEP GOING??? Don't want to crunch the metal sleeves over the bolt. Show me the Jedi wisdom...
thanks in advance