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CamJam 
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 Topic: Driving Without Torque LinksPosted: Jan/04/2017 at 4:24pm |
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Dumb question perhaps... is it OK to drive my AMX while the torque links are off the car? I know the Javelins did not have them. I just want to make sure there is nothing structurally different between the AMX and Javelin rear suspensions that might make this a problem. I'm sending my torque links off to Ross Peterson to have new rubber bushings installed and might have occasion to drive the car before I get them back.
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Coloradoamx
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Posted: Jan/04/2017 at 4:26pm |
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It won't hurt anything to drive it. You might even like how it rides better without torque links
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ramblinrev
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Posted: Jan/04/2017 at 4:46pm |
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The one difference is that Javelins have staggered shocks pretty early on, the AMX does not. Drive it!
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Posted: Jan/04/2017 at 5:41pm |
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Cameron....no problem, I parted a number of AMX's that the torque links were missing from.
Ross
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Ross K. Peterson
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CamJam
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Posted: Jan/04/2017 at 6:51pm |
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Ok, thanks guys!
Ross, it turns out that the bushings in mine are already rubber, not poly like I thought they were, so I won't need to send them to you after all. I just sent you a PM about this.
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Posted: Jan/07/2017 at 8:33am |
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The torque links do a bit more than just prevent the axle from twisting the leaf springs. WITH RUBBER BUSHINGS and correctly adjusted, they act a lot like a rear sway bar does. They resist leaning to one side, but don't transfer the force to the other side like a sway bar does. Resistance is through the rubber bushing, which is very much like a control arm bushing. Not as much roll resistance as a sway bar, but more than without them. That's why they have to be adjusted properly. I don't think they are tightened until there is weight on the rear axle... but I don't have a car with them and don't recall from memory the exact adjustment procedure.
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Posted: Nov/23/2017 at 12:51pm |
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per the service manual, you have to loosen up both sides at the axle and add weight to the trunk until you measure 6 11/16" from the frame rail to the axle tube. It took 19 half-width concrete blocks to get the springs loaded to the right height for me on a 68 amx. Once at the right height, tighten the adjustment bolts to 100 lbs.
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