Tension rods
Re: Tension rods
It is hard to tell. I never gave it a second thought. But I've also always replaced the stock rubber setup with one rubber bushing and the EE T/C kit.
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Re: Tension rods
I went down to Merlins and had a look at one of his stock 510s
The washers are configured with the cups out...top arrangement in pic
He also had a set of rods with no kinks/bends in them.
Which makes me conclude that there were 2 versions...?...maybe has something to do with the LCAs being mounted on the cross member in a different position relative to year?
No clue....just a guess.....
The washers are configured with the cups out...top arrangement in pic
He also had a set of rods with no kinks/bends in them.
Which makes me conclude that there were 2 versions...?...maybe has something to do with the LCAs being mounted on the cross member in a different position relative to year?
No clue....just a guess.....
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datzenmike
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FWIW the '68/'69 sedan used a different part number for the tension rods than '70 and on sedans. All wagons used the later number.
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I wonder what the difference is? Maybe more castor, that would be good.
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Re: Tension rods
The more you know...Sealik wrote:The washers are configured with the cups out.
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Counterintuitive for sure. What would be the point of manufacturing those washers in cupped form if the cup-part didn't touch anything but air?
Maybe there's some other kind of logic there that I'm not seeing. But my guess would be what you earlier said: that somebody put them on backwards even on Merlin's "stock" 510.
Maybe there's some other kind of logic there that I'm not seeing. But my guess would be what you earlier said: that somebody put them on backwards even on Merlin's "stock" 510.
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Re: Tension rods
SteveEdmonton wrote:Counterintuitive for sure. What would be the point of manufacturing those washers in cupped form if the cup-part didn't touch anything but air?
Maybe there's some other kind of logic there that I'm not seeing. But my guess would be what you earlier said: that somebody put them on backwards even on Merlin's "stock" 510.
The rod has to swing down and up. Inward facing cup would support the rubber too well. Outward facing cup would work better I think.
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Re: Tension rods
datzenmike wrote:SteveEdmonton wrote:Counterintuitive for sure. What would be the point of manufacturing those washers in cupped form if the cup-part didn't touch anything but air?
Maybe there's some other kind of logic there that I'm not seeing. But my guess would be what you earlier said: that somebody put them on backwards even on Merlin's "stock" 510.
The rod has to swing down and up. Inward facing cup would support the rubber too well. Outward facing cup would work better I think.
Correct....and once you torque the nut to 69lbs the washer and new bushing conform very well
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Ahh, I think you guys have it. Good logic.
During the night I remembered too that we've got those really strange cupped washers that secure the X-member to the body, the ones that can be flipped around to make "savage washers." They're even more concave, and in contact with nothing but air. Are they supposed to give some sort of protection to the nut they contain, and to the mount itself, in case this area gets smacked on a rock or something?
Anyway, that's a different case completely, I guess. This one at least makes sense, as you've now explained it.
During the night I remembered too that we've got those really strange cupped washers that secure the X-member to the body, the ones that can be flipped around to make "savage washers." They're even more concave, and in contact with nothing but air. Are they supposed to give some sort of protection to the nut they contain, and to the mount itself, in case this area gets smacked on a rock or something?
Anyway, that's a different case completely, I guess. This one at least makes sense, as you've now explained it.
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