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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6612   
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Position bushes on stabilizer bar. Ensure split points towards axle on RH bush and away from axle on LH bush. 2. Install stabilizer bar with two straps. To ensure correct fit angled sides of bar should point down. Loosely install the bolts, washers and nyloc nuts. 3. Install bolt, washers and rubber bushes. Using new nuts fit stabilizer bar to links and tighten to 68Nm (50 lbf.ft). 4. Tighten nuts securing straps to 30Nm (22 lbf.ft). Rear Position rubber bushes on stabilizer bar. Install joint towards axle. 2. Install stabilizer bar with two straps. Ensure link arms point down as shown. Loosely install bolts, washers and new nyloc nuts. 3. Install bolt, washers and rubber bushes. Install anti-roll bar to links and tighten to 68Nm (50 lbf.ft). 4. Tighten nuts securing straps to 30Nm (22 lbf.ft) Drop link to axle torque is 40Nm (30 lbf.ft)  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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24th Sep 2018 1:23pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665 
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deleted - Martin beat me to it with a better answer
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24th Sep 2018 1:28pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7907 
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Noted thanks Martin!
James
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24th Sep 2018 3:13pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20479
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Thank you all, much appreciated.
No Guts, No Glory.
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24th Sep 2018 3:23pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20479
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Right, I have done the rear today, the rear NS (passenger.) was the culprit with the 2 piece ARB to link bushes.
They were getting worn all of them but this particular one was not concentric and on a skew, pretty sure it happened after hitting a pothole in hidden water. Ideal opportunity to swap all of them out as they aren't that expensive. Replaced the chassis strap fixings but re-used the ARB fixings as these were in very good condition. As were the straps after a clean up. Hopefully get on with the front tomorrow. Thanks once again for the WSM details Martin. No Guts, No Glory. 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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18th Oct 2018 3:18pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20479
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Done the front today as well, this one being a bit more tricky.
Never needed to remove the links at all, access to the OS drivers side fixings were a pain due to the axle casing. But there is just enough movement in the links articulation to get enough access to get the torque wrench on it keeping the ARB as spare to the link as possible. Then access to the NS is much easier then to follow up with. Also, found it easier when tightening the chassis straps to tighten the side without the bush split in first followed by the side without. It will then pull the split nicely together, something that was not quite so good before. Job done.  No Guts, No Glory.
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21st Oct 2018 6:20pm |
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