Broken torque arm!?
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Broken torque arm!?
Could lowering my car have caused the top bar on my torque arm to snap right in front of the rear end mount and destroy the rest of the rear end mounting bracket? It seems the top rear bolt (12 bolts have 4 bolts, not 2 big ones) backed out and caused this.
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That's what happened to mine (See the suspension section, my post re: Broken Sphoon TA)
You're supposed to Red Lock-Tite in the bolts when using a Moser. That's what Sphoon told me when I contacted them. It's $25 or so for a replacement bracket.
You're supposed to Red Lock-Tite in the bolts when using a Moser. That's what Sphoon told me when I contacted them. It's $25 or so for a replacement bracket.
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Did the same to mine when i installed my 12 bolt about a month later i was on it hit second....and bammmm WTF, look @ rear end and looks like the rear was twisted. Got under car and saw the 2 bolts on top of the tq arm was ripped out of the holes. The stock tq arm is a POS anyways.
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Originally posted by bski224
Did the same to mine when i installed my 12 bolt about a month later i was on it hit second....and bammmm WTF, look @ rear end and looks like the rear was twisted. Got under car and saw the 2 bolts on top of the tq arm was ripped out of the holes. The stock tq arm is a POS anyways.
Did the same to mine when i installed my 12 bolt about a month later i was on it hit second....and bammmm WTF, look @ rear end and looks like the rear was twisted. Got under car and saw the 2 bolts on top of the tq arm was ripped out of the holes. The stock tq arm is a POS anyways.
Formula- How do you drill and wire tie?
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Have you ever heard of wire-tieing bolts?
You drill a hole through the head of the bolts, and you run about a .050 diameter wire through both bolts, You route it such that if one of the bolts start to loosen, it pulls on the other bolt(s) such that it tightens the other bolt(s).
In all professional racing there are rules in place that certian bolts HAVE to be wire-tied/locked. This is why the K&N Oil filters have the Hex flange on the Filter and the hole through the hex, to wire-tie the oil filter to prevent it from comming loose on the track; as an example.
There are guides online on how to do it, and summitracing sells a kit to do it, although you don't really need the kit.
You drill a hole through the head of the bolts, and you run about a .050 diameter wire through both bolts, You route it such that if one of the bolts start to loosen, it pulls on the other bolt(s) such that it tightens the other bolt(s).
In all professional racing there are rules in place that certian bolts HAVE to be wire-tied/locked. This is why the K&N Oil filters have the Hex flange on the Filter and the hole through the hex, to wire-tie the oil filter to prevent it from comming loose on the track; as an example.
There are guides online on how to do it, and summitracing sells a kit to do it, although you don't really need the kit.
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