I think they should be compressed to the diameter of the washer so slightly
compressed. That leave the rest of the rubber or poly. to compress fully
under load. Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "conbreda" <conbreda@eircom.net>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:27 PM
Subject: anti roll bar bushings
>I have just fitted new poly bushes to the anti roll bar.
> How tight should the 4 bushes be on either side of the car ?
> I have fully tighten the upper and lower nuts on the link assemblies using
> up all the thread,(left and right) and i have to say the bushes are
> considerably compresed now, i suspect i need to slacken back the nuts, how
> far should i go? How much thread such be showing?
> Thanks
> Connor.
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