I've heard it said both ways... connects lower contral arm to chassis... well one of theme broke today than I had to limp it home 20 miles... anyone know where I could find some replacements? I've found some on ebay but they say mustang/maverick, last I heard the mustang ones wouldn't work on a maverick... any info would be appreciated. thanks.
I been seeing alot of cars being parted lately... might try posting an ad. http://mmb.maverick.to/forumdisplay.php?f=14
If you were running poly bushings on those strut rods, you can expect the others to break as well. Poly bushings and old strut rods do not mix. The guys on Stangnet found that out long ago.
Yep, poly bushings caused mine to break. It'll be a year ago next month. http://mmb.maverick.to/showpost.php?p=355343&postcount=1
Are these the long rods, maybe 3/4" thick, that attach with rubber bushings at the front under the radiator and go back at angles outward toward the tires? I never knew what those were called, and they are about the only thing I have NOT replaced the rubber on. Just didn't know what part to ask for.
Yes, they are called strut rods. Tell them you need new strut rod bushings. Make sure you get rubber ones. A torsion bar is totally different. A torsion bar suspension has no coil springs, the bar itself acts as the spring. As the suspension compresses, it trys to twist the bar. My buddies '02 4x4 GMC pickup has that type of suspension.
Cool! Thanks I had a truck with torsion bars, and they looked kinda like this, but they were adjustable. That is why I asked about these. They looked a little different...
The other name is radius rod(s). Jamie is correct about the torsion rod. A 4x4 suspension usually has them instead of coils. One on the left and one on the right. Altho adjustable, one should only ride them at manufacture spec. I cant tell you how many I have seen broken after the person tried to tighten them to gain lift. Not saying that they will all break, you just increase the chances. I'm still wondering about the differences with the rods...
Maybe I should of shecked here sooner... I got one off ebay for a mustang, hope it works, it's off of a '72 mustang. Right now I'm still trying to get the strut rod off of the lower control arm... whats giving me trouble is the bolts that are pressed through the rod and when you tighten the nuts down also presses theme into the lower control arm, trying to get those to let go of the lower control arm... I took theme off before but that was about 3 years ago... and I was doing whole front end so I was abit more wreckless than what I would be if I'm reusing parts like I am this time. been trying to get that bar off for a couple hours today. spent 3 hours trying to get the other nuts off.... I have a habbit of torqueing things down excessively... any suggestions on taking the strut rod off the lower control arm? thank you.
A little help on removeing the strut rod from the lower control arm would be greatly appreciated... I only managed to get a couple days off of work (I work 7 days a week) and would like to have this done before having to go back. thank you.
