At 01:16 AM 5/26/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>Just to be clear, my Bentley does not have a 40.6a. It goes 40.2, 40.2a,
>40.3, 40.4, 40.5, 40.6, 40.7, 40.8, etc. Was "40.6a" a typo?

More like a brain fart.  40.7 it is.

>40.2a
>details the strut bar bolts on the earlier, "giant sheet metal" part.
>40.7 shows the later part, with the giant sheet metal part replaced with
>a "somewhat smaller cast part."
>
>So, lemme see if I can figure out this puzzle.
>
>Jake said "giant tension rod." Another part detailed on the
>before-and-after pages is the "strut bar." I like this as the candidate
>part for the "giant tension rod" as it is rod-like. But it looks kinda
>skinny to be a "giant" tension rod. The torque specs for its two ends
>are fairly substantial though.

Look underneath your beast, you'll see it's pretty hefty.  You'll
also see that it's what keeps the whole arrangement from folding up
when you put the brakes on (and the rest of the time as well), and
controls toe-in (or -out).  When you replace those deteriorated
rubber doughnuts, be prepared to discover ugly rust in the bushing
that sets spacing between the two metal endplates.

>So I'm voting for that part.

The winner by acclaim.

:)
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