Hellwig sway bar
I just got a Hellwig 7718 sway bar for my Ford 450 MH. The instructions says that the bolts need to be tighten to torque specifications. However, it does not says what is that number for none of bol...
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It was the smaller bolt in the rear of the holding bracket that pulled the threads out with the bolt.
Not sure if a person could fish something like that in without removing some of the front end ? Grille , bumper etc for access ?
When I get the MH back I'll slid back underneath and see what all is attached to the front of the boxed-in frame.
Yeah that was strange having to use a cheater on the breaker bar to loosen the front bigger bolts all the way out till about the last 4-5 threads then just had to use a ratchet to get it the rest of the way out.
Threads were clean, no rust, no thread locker on the bolts..
I had to re tap the rear smaller bolt hole and the frame looked very thin , maybe 1/4 inch thick ?? So tapping the hole only gets 4 maybe 5 threads , standard thread .
Just a guesstimate but I'd say the front bolts are 3/4 and the rears are 3/8 at least it was a 3/8 tap that I used to re-tap the hole on the drivers side.
If I remember right it was an 18 mm socket to take the front bolts out and a 15 mm to take the rears out.
Not sure if a person could fish something like that in without removing some of the front end ? Grille , bumper etc for access ?
When I get the MH back I'll slid back underneath and see what all is attached to the front of the boxed-in frame.
Yeah that was strange having to use a cheater on the breaker bar to loosen the front bigger bolts all the way out till about the last 4-5 threads then just had to use a ratchet to get it the rest of the way out.
Threads were clean, no rust, no thread locker on the bolts..
I had to re tap the rear smaller bolt hole and the frame looked very thin , maybe 1/4 inch thick ?? So tapping the hole only gets 4 maybe 5 threads , standard thread .
Just a guesstimate but I'd say the front bolts are 3/4 and the rears are 3/8 at least it was a 3/8 tap that I used to re-tap the hole on the drivers side.
If I remember right it was an 18 mm socket to take the front bolts out and a 15 mm to take the rears out.
