Re: [doc] Anti roll bar unbolted itself under braking - very scary!

[Phil Peters <PhilPeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Craig,

VIN# 4400 has 2 nuts on each side of the stabiliser bar. Never had a problem with it (touch wood)

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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:41:13 -0700 (PDT) , Craig Churchill <mrvic20@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
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>Hi All 
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>It happened a couple of weeks ago and i have been trying to sort it out since.  Let me tell you the whole story...
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>Braking from 40ish mph to stop at a junction....Bang....THUD....STOIP!  Got out of the car and the wheel was hanging at a funny angle and the anti roll batr was under the right lower suspension arm....gutted...walked up the road and found the nyloc nut totally shagged in the middle of the road.
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>Got home on the back of an AA truck...next day inspoected the car with my dad..(Hes a mechanic dont you know)...the drivers side was connected with 2 nuts the other by the cruddy nyloc that came threaded.
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>So i ordered everything other than the anti roll bar from DMCH (New nuts , washers bushes everything).  This time it had nylocs both sides...Fitted it all and all seems OK...well as OK as my car has ever been!
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>Last night i sat down and read the service bulletins for the first time and  was a mazed to see that what hads happened to me was a recall on 81 cars...exactly what was written down to the pulsing b4 it came off.
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>The front of my car was rebuilt at some point and i think (Even though it is an late 82 they used parts from an 81 donor). Anyway...the up shot is do i stick with the new nyklocs or put on 2 nuts like in the bulletins...?  What do you have on your stabilizer bar 2 nuts or 1 nyloc.
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>Also are the castelation nuts the same for upper and lower ball joints?
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>I was lucky as it happened near the end of my braking and i only travelled about 2 metres b4 i totally stopped...if it was on the motorway i would be in BIG TROUBLE!
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>Check yours just in case...please!
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>Oh and another thing my tie rod ends touch the stab bar on full lock both ways...it is a brand new rack...could it be put on wrong or is the allignement of my front end wrong....oh deary deary me!
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>The delorean is still my favourite car in the world...weve just had a little tiff...you know what its like...i cant quite trust her at the mo...very scared to brake even averagely hard
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>anyway look forward to hearing your response
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>Craig DOC 388
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