Sway bar link torque specs for W212
08-15-2018, 08:53 PM
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Sway bar link torque specs for W212
<div style="text-align:left;">Does anyone have the torque specs for the sway bar links?<br />I bought a service manual on CDs online but it won't load on my computer (too big). B-(</div>
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08-16-2018, 05:34 PM
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I replaced the front links today with Moog problem solver links. Easy peasy.
I didn't have torque specs so just used the"dogshirt torque method", (tightened as hard as I could).
the shop wanted $200 per side and I paid $50 for both after S & H.
I didn't have torque specs so just used the"dogshirt torque method", (tightened as hard as I could).
the shop wanted $200 per side and I paid $50 for both after S & H.
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08-20-2018, 02:33 PM
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04-12-2023, 07:10 PM
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I see that the lower nut (#3) is 98 Nm just confirming that the upper is also 98 Nm.
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04-13-2023, 05:02 AM
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Same here. Guttentight. I have a torque wrench sized for motor bolts. For the rest, if I hammered it loose, I armstrong it tight. The captive nuts won't be turning loose on their own.
04-13-2023, 12:20 PM
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Bought links for $13 on amazon.
They look like coming from MB molds. Time will tell if they will last, but OE links don't have good reliability.
I had to find short torx bit to hold the end for torquing.
They look like coming from MB molds. Time will tell if they will last, but OE links don't have good reliability.
I had to find short torx bit to hold the end for torquing.
04-14-2023, 10:05 PM
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Made in China and "heat treat" is generally a oxy moron but hopefully they work out good for ya. They can copy just about anything but hardware and heat treated items generally not a good idea. Now if they were cast yeah. Atleast in my experience.
04-15-2023, 03:55 PM
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You don't know what you are talking about.
I am still using Chinese "Chrome vanadium" wrench set that I bought over 40 years ago, even I broke dozens US-made wrenches (mostly Craftsman) in the mean time.
The trick was, that I bought them in "Members only" warehouse in Poland, who ordered quality stuff from China.
US distributors have 3 criteria for importing:
1 cheap
2 cheap
3 cheap
You get what you pay for......
I am still using Chinese "Chrome vanadium" wrench set that I bought over 40 years ago, even I broke dozens US-made wrenches (mostly Craftsman) in the mean time.
The trick was, that I bought them in "Members only" warehouse in Poland, who ordered quality stuff from China.
US distributors have 3 criteria for importing:
1 cheap
2 cheap
3 cheap
You get what you pay for......
04-15-2023, 10:33 PM
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You don't know what you are talking about.
I am still using Chinese "Chrome vanadium" wrench set that I bought over 40 years ago, even I broke dozens US-made wrenches (mostly Craftsman) in the mean time.
The trick was, that I bought them in "Members only" warehouse in Poland, who ordered quality stuff from China.
US distributors have 3 criteria for importing:
1 cheap
2 cheap
3 cheap
You get what you pay for......
I am still using Chinese "Chrome vanadium" wrench set that I bought over 40 years ago, even I broke dozens US-made wrenches (mostly Craftsman) in the mean time.
The trick was, that I bought them in "Members only" warehouse in Poland, who ordered quality stuff from China.
US distributors have 3 criteria for importing:
1 cheap
2 cheap
3 cheap
You get what you pay for......
Will say that all the suppliers that shipped from china recommended or should I say the end user recommended replacing the hardware with American made good stuff.
Now I wont argue that most of the American suppliers that order stuff from there only care about cheap. Same as that amazon link you posted unless your saying it comes from poland 40 yrs ago?
04-15-2023, 10:36 PM
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Too add, every chinese crap tool I have ever bought doesnt shine a glimmer to the proper tools from USA, Germany, Japan (pre ww2 post 50s era)....... all of that chinesiam will break or round over quicker then anything else.
04-15-2023, 10:46 PM
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You don't know what you are talking about.
I am still using Chinese "Chrome vanadium" wrench set that I bought over 40 years ago, even I broke dozens US-made wrenches (mostly Craftsman) in the mean time.
The trick was, that I bought them in "Members only" warehouse in Poland, who ordered quality stuff from China.
US distributors have 3 criteria for importing:
1 cheap
2 cheap
3 cheap
You get what you pay for......
I am still using Chinese "Chrome vanadium" wrench set that I bought over 40 years ago, even I broke dozens US-made wrenches (mostly Craftsman) in the mean time.
The trick was, that I bought them in "Members only" warehouse in Poland, who ordered quality stuff from China.
US distributors have 3 criteria for importing:
1 cheap
2 cheap
3 cheap
You get what you pay for......
Respect your diesel input and help in that forum but that remark above is seriously idiotic.
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04-16-2023, 01:33 AM
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Where the Polish tools come from? I know it is Saturday night, but still?
I worked in construction, when cars are more a hobby, so used tools every day and used them hard.
When it comes to Craftsman tools, in popular sizes I had 3 or 4 of them, what saved me some trips to Sears, when I was replacing 3 of them at the same time.
Cheap stuff, sold on heavy advertisement. The only tools I never managed to break were Proto, when I did not buy Snap-on. as the mentioned Chinese chrome-vanadium are pretty much comparable.
Maybe not as strong as Snap-on, but thin, so they would fit, where Craftsman was just too thick.
I worked in construction, when cars are more a hobby, so used tools every day and used them hard.
When it comes to Craftsman tools, in popular sizes I had 3 or 4 of them, what saved me some trips to Sears, when I was replacing 3 of them at the same time.
Cheap stuff, sold on heavy advertisement. The only tools I never managed to break were Proto, when I did not buy Snap-on. as the mentioned Chinese chrome-vanadium are pretty much comparable.
Maybe not as strong as Snap-on, but thin, so they would fit, where Craftsman was just too thick.
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