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bl52krz · 27th May 2018, 16:17

The discussion on how to tighten the drop links on fitting new ones is fraught with many if’s and but’s. I do not profess to know if the reason that the lower nut should be torqued up with the weight of the car on the floor, or not, is because if you change them, notice the differing angle of the lower drop link joints when the car has been lowered to the floor, compared with when it is on the jack. Just saying, because there must, i would think, be a reason it is in the works manual.Or perhaps that is just the recognised way that that said they should be done. Nothing technical.

27th May 2018, 16:17	#58
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,396 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	The discussion on how to tighten the drop links on fitting new ones is fraught with many if’s and but’s. I do not profess to know if the reason that the lower nut should be torqued up with the weight of the car on the floor, or not, is because if you change them, notice the differing angle of the lower drop link joints when the car has been lowered to the floor, compared with when it is on the jack. Just saying, because there must, i would think, be a reason it is in the works manual.Or perhaps that is just the recognised way that that said they should be done. Nothing technical. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.