QUOTE(r_towle @ Mar 3 2009, 02:05 PM)
Depends how much material you drilled out.
Original is a steel sleeve that sticks out the top about 3/8 of an inch...that is to prevent you from crushing the material.
If you drilled all of that out, you would need 3/4 inch diameter bolts, so I suspect you did not do that.
When setup as original, the threads hold the bolt in place side to side.
Now, you probably have some play that you need to eliminate.
Aside from that, they will get loose using the wrong type of nut.
Try a nylock nut, or weld the nut on top in place.
Clean it all off on top to make sure none of the welds to the sleeve have broken loose and make sure the console is not cracked.
Check the large nut on the inside or the trailing arm also..see if its loose.
From there, you may want to look at the setup (brant) had put on his car using two heim joints and a tube to run a bar to the lower part of the long and connect that to the outer trailing arm mount.
that give you the ability to adjust that, and lock it in place.
With big fat tires, it will get loose and it wants to toe out, so the rod is a good idea to keep it in place.
Rich
Rich,
Thanks, I didn't use real big bolts, just a tad larger than stock, You think the heim struts would be worth installing? Well I do get some drifting to the left with the power on anyway so it sounds like a good idea...