350 S2 Front Anti Roll Bar Needed

[braveheart 3]

Hi Guys,
Does any one have or know where I can get a front anti roll bar for a 350 S2 with A frame? It is the later one fitted.
I have a been a little exuberant in trying to fit the Steve Heath drop links to the end and have machined the ends down too far!!
What a numb - nu-ts!!
I live in South London
All the Best
Braveheart

[adam quantrill]

D'oh! Usually all you need to do is a bit of sanding to fit these.

If you can't find one you could shim it back out with a thin metal sleeve, e.g. tin plate from a can, I'm sure it's not that critical unless you've gone down to something silly like half the diameter.

[shpub]

I actually machine the rose joint out to fit so it may be that an unmachined one would sort things out.

PM with the diameter that you have and I'll see what can be done.

[braveheart 3]

Adam / Steve,
Many Thanks for your comments sorry in delay in replying.
Steve I may take you up on your offer, however there is a little more to this, the links fitted back ok and were a reasonable fit on the ARB and I must say they have transformed the feel of the car however, I had a recent MOT and was advised that both wheel bearings needed adjustment.
Therefore my question really is could wheel bearing symptoms be connected to my over exuberance on machining the ARB down to fit the links?
Or am I just getting paranoid!!
All the best
Braveheart

[350zwelgje]

The anti-rollbar has no effect on the wheel bearings and/or play.
Play can be adjusted easily, and if a bit of too much play tighting with 5-10 degrees of a turn could be enough to sort it (I do mine on 'feel' but have done on many cars and several times on the wedge - Ford have a procedure but I do not think this is necessary if you have experience). Do not over do it, as with heat building up it can cause the play to disappear and in the worse case even weld moving parts together.......
So, nothing to be scared of, easy to fix and if from play it goes to no play replacing the bearings is required like in my case a couple of years ago.

Rob

[grahamw48]

Is the old Cortina/Granada stub axle used ?

If that is the case, then DO NOT overtighten the bearings.

On one of the few occasions when I had a garage do this for me on a 'tina of mine, they overtightened and the stub axle/bearings ruined.

(If Cortina stub-axle)....Correct procedure is torque up hub nut to 27ft/lbs whilst rotating the hub and disc to ensure correct seating of the bearing, then slacken nut back by 90deg to give required endfloat of 0.001-0.005 inch (0.03-0.13mm).

[braveheart 3]

Thanks guys really appreciate your advice
Regards
Braveheart

[350zwelgje]

grahamw48 said:

Is the old Cortina/Granada stub axle used ?

If that is the case, then DO NOT overtighten the bearings.

On one of the few occasions when I had a garage do this for me on a 'tina of mine, they overtightened and the stub axle/bearings ruined.

(If Cortina stub-axle)....Correct procedure is torque up hub nut to 27ft/lbs whilst rotating the hub and disc to ensure correct seating of the bearing, then slacken nut back by 90deg to give required endfloat of 0.001-0.005 inch (0.03-0.13mm).

Granada: so if you need bearings order a set of those. From a Cortina set only one of the two bearings will fit.

Rob