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bl52krz · 26th June 2013, 22:57

After reading about how people are having replacement droplinks fail after a short time, i wonder if it is because they are not being fitted properly. When fitting drop links you are supposed to lightly tighten them first, and then put the wheels on, and drop the jack from the vehicle.Then with the weight of the car on the wheels torque the nuts up. If you are not doing this, and tightening them fully before the weight of the car is on the wheels, you are doing it wrong.

26th June 2013, 22:57	#6
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,397 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	After reading about how people are having replacement droplinks fail after a short time, i wonder if it is because they are not being fitted properly. When fitting drop links you are supposed to lightly tighten them first, and then put the wheels on, and drop the jack from the vehicle.Then with the weight of the car on the wheels torque the nuts up. If you are not doing this, and tightening them fully before the weight of the car is on the wheels, you are doing it wrong. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.