[DeTomaso] Techno question: maintenance of sway bar SphereBalls orSphereBars (?)

[John Taphorn]

Chuck, a couple of thoughts and my practices.

I leave the sphereball bushings dry.  Wet lubricants will attract sand and 
dirt which will act as an abrasive on the plastic balls in short order. 
Perhaps a dry lube would be a good compromise.

Your sway bar should be attached after your rideheight / corner weighting is 
complete.  Often, when the bar is attached to one end (the higher), the bar 
mount on the other side will not be slightly above its mounting perch.  If 
one were to force the bar flush by tightening the bolts, you would be 
changing the cornerweighting; Effectively lightening that side and shifting 
more weight to the other.

To eliminate this effect, you should shim the mount so as the bar is 
attached to both ends without any preload or twist.

Most owners do not do this; however, it is the proper procedure.

Enjoy the ride

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno question: maintenance of sway bar SphereBalls 
orSphereBars (?)


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> Dear Forum,
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>                 One of the bolts to my Sphere Ball/Bar sway bar mountings
> came loose.  While bolting things back together I had two questions.
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> 1)      Do those white plastic sphere ball thingees need any lubricant or
> not?
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> 2)       Proper adjustment of Sphere Ball/ Bar swar bar mountings it to 
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> set the car on the ground and get the suspension settled, then   b) 
> tighten
> the bolts of the sway bar Sphere Ball/Bar mount?
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>                                 Curious,  Chuck Engles
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