i was putting on my ST swaybars today and when i got to the end link braket to bolt on the control arm the directions said to torque at 83 ft.lbs. well i did that and the thread on the bolt stripped has this happened to anyone else. cause i torqued everything else to what the instructions said but the end link bracket bolts just didnt hold up.

 

I could believe inch/pounds, but not foot/pounds. 83 lb/ft is way too much for that small of a diameter bolt. Generally you tighten them until the bushings are compressed to match the diameter of the capture washers, using locking nuts or double nuts.

 

no it the bolt that keeps the bracket on the control arm not the end link

 

It's a 12mm flange head, which means it's an 8mm thread diameter.
83 lb-ft is WAY TOO MUCH TORQUE for such a small fastener.

Can you double-check to make sure it wasn't INCH-POUNDS???
I think trochoid is right, or else you looked at the wrong spec.
It shouldn't be much more than 20 - 30 lb-ft.


-Ted