wallys914
Mar 26 2011, 04:44 PM
I have a set of 22mm Sway Away hollow torsion bars I am installing.
When I take out the old TB's there is a layer of grease or some lubricant. What is this? Do the new ones need this?
The TB's are stamped R and L. Is this the drivers right? or standing in front of the car right?
messix
Mar 26 2011, 04:47 PM
anti seize on the splines
wrong, right side pass side
wallys914
Mar 26 2011, 04:53 PM
I am a noob and this is the first time I am switching these out. I thought there was a rule on which end goes in... is there a specific end that should go in first?
Maybe that rule was the one where you aren't suppose to weld torsion bars...I watch toO many off road videos...
Eric_Shea
Mar 26 2011, 05:06 PM
As per factory manual. Lithium grease coating the arms not anti-seize.
Sides are as you sit in the car, left and right. I always pur them in with the L and R facing the back.
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wallys914
Mar 26 2011, 05:13 PM
Thanks Eric...and Troy...
Dave_Darling
Mar 26 2011, 11:20 PM
Grease them to protect from rust.
L and R are however you want them to be. The bars are actually identical, but when they are used and repeatedly stressed in the car they take a "set". Putting them back on the other side stresses them the other way and leads to premature failure.
Either end goes in first. You can flip them around; the rotation is the same either way.
--DD
messix
Mar 26 2011, 11:26 PM
lithium is soap based, anti seize has a copper base and won't wash out.
Eric_Shea
Mar 27 2011, 10:08 AM
QUOTE
L and R are however you want them to be. The bars are actually identical, but when they are used and repeatedly stressed in the car they take a "set". Putting them back on the other side stresses them the other way and leads to premature failure.
That seems to contrary to the page from the factory manual I posted. I believe they warn to never swap them as they are preloaded at manufacturing.
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