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cut 7mm off the thread (discussed many times on the forum), then hand tighten by rotating the link, nip up once in place, using a cone spanner.
Also useful are crow's foot spanners, particularly when tightening the top nut.
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The potential problem with a crow's foot spanner is its width. The top nut lies in a shrouded recess which makes any open ended spanner difficult to use. Simon
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I have DMGRS drop links, they say that cutting the top thread will not invalidate the warranty (4 years) so it's a very easy fit, at 15 quid each its really no choice, if they fail they go back and DMGRS are happy to collect.
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Then jack up the arb to meet the bottom end. They're 30 min per side jobs. I currently have a pair of £13 items from ebay that I added extra grease into - they were quite well packed anyway. Approximately 15000 miles and they are still good. I am very sympathetic though with speed ramps and bad roads though. Sent from my SM-A600FN using Tapatalk
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Front drop Links.
The link maybe of use to some members, i am not saying it's the correct and only way to remove and fit the front drop links.
https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=192709 I have gold ones to fit when mine decide to give out, three yrs now and still going fingers crossed. 1
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Hi Steve,
They look interesting. If it's not a lot of trouble, would you mind measuring the height of the spanner flats on the ball end? I'm seeking 8mm (OE spec.) rather than the 5mm found on the Meyle links. My spanner is 7.2 mm thick. Simon
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Moog droplinks from euro car parts have the correct length threaded section and as I remember had no problem with fitting a spanner on.
But as per trikeys (I think)findings add some extra grease to the joints. Stan
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Hey chaps, I've just had a very productive and hopeful telephone conversation with the technical department at FAI. Their anti-roll bar spanner flats are about 5mm high, the same as everyone else's, and completely incompatible with an ordinary spanner but they were keen to hear about the problems and offered to modify the production drawings to incorporate improvements.
So, I asked for spanner flats 8mm high (as my 1999 factory part) and said that the threaded pin does not need to be as long as 25mm. I said that enough clearance to use a ring spanner on the nut is what we really want to see. This was agreed and these changes are going to be put to the factory. It sounds almost too good to be true but it was so refreshing to talk to someone who understood the difficulties we face removing and refitting these parts and was prepared to try to do something about it. It will be too late for me of course, so I've obtained a bicycle cone spanner for now. I don't like sawing through threaded rod but I may have to. Simon
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Remember, the cone spanners are only to hold the rod, they can twist easily if too much torque is applied.
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