Arb nuts?

[metz]

Why do the nuts that fasten the arb to the TCA suddenly come loose? i thought it felt a bit weird. sick of torquing them up.

[PeteG40]

Single use nylocs or pinch nuts. This is why!!!

[metz]

hmm..need to ring vw on monday and order 2 new ones then. tried every nut i can find and none of them would wind on the arb right.

[Jezza-7]

nyloc wont hold? thats odd.

Put some thread lock on as well?

[metz]

I don't think they're nylon fella.

[Jezza-7]

Have you not tried them then?

[metz]

the ones that are on arnt nyloc bolts. i have tried a load of others that are same size but the thread pitch must have been slightly different as it wouldnt screw on so had to re use old ones.

[Yoof]

Tris,

They're a fine pitch bolt (M12x1.5 from memory) M12 standard pitch is 1.75

Only time I've had them work loose is when the nylon bush has seated/moved after a few miles. Torque is quite high on them.

They should have been new nuts- they come with the TCA bushes... my bad!

Pete

[Jezza-7]

Are these the ones that are torqued to 120nm?

[metz]

75nm according to haynes. no worries peter. cheers for that. i had to use the car for work sunday so i cleaned the nut and threads put a bit of loctite on and torqued to the correct setting. will see how it goes for the rest of the week. i remember doing the drivers side when i first got the car and that has stayed put

[Jezza-7]

What ones you talking then? I thought it was the bar to body ones?

                                                                                                         Nm
Anti-roll bar to control arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
Anti-roll bar to body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   30
Anti-roll bar mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  120

[metz]

nah the bar where it goes through the tca. hence the wheel rocking back and forth in the arch jezza

[Jezza-7]

Ah i get you now. Confusing myself there.