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Ok, big deal as I live over the pond.
Sway bar linkages were suspected of being bad pre-roadworthiness inspection, so I replaced them.
The issue was what came out were fully threaded linkages.
What I bought from R/Auto was a tapered fit.
Naturally, these lasted all of 5 weeks before the bushings were trashed.
Welsh roads do a lot to the suspension of any car.
I took "Strata Florida" on, which was a hoot (Google it, a great off-road experience)
What's the difference between the tapered and fully threaded sway bar links?
Albeit, the surface area of contact of the linkage is only on the edge of the taper as opposed to full contact of a threaded portion of the link.
What's the rundown on the bushes?
This second set of tapered bushes has had a little "Squeeze" instead of a full retard graunch down.
This is why I think the bushes have had it the first time around; these were MASHED!
I believe in like for like, so incoming from rocks - a fully threaded MOOG Linkage with white bushes (ooo fancy).
Should I have got away with tapered?
Or stick with the fully threaded ARB links?
These inspection stations like to see a car thats been prepped for inspection, not just chucked in.
They overlook things like "battery loose," a failure, and "no steering lock."
I needed to fix the rear foglight as rust had eaten the halogen housing away!
Now the truck is 100% halogen-free.
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