Differential torque rod

[gjz30075]

So, looking at the torque rods on my 67 S3, I see a nylock nut on the end where normall
a conical nut would go. When I pulled the torque rods, I see the end of both rods are
flat, ie, no concave for the conical nut. Probably aftermarket rods?

The question is then, how important is having the concave on a torque rod with the
conical nut? My thinking is, apparently not so.

What say the collective minds?

[smo17003]

Hi Greg,

Flat on my 67 S3 and concave on my 68 S4 so I'm sure that is was a later modification to improve location of the rod.

Cheers

Mike

[rgh0]

I would machine a cone on the torque rod and a cone on a nyloc nut as the welded in stud in the chassis will wear if just a plain nut is used

cheers
Rohan

[gjz30075]

My Sprint has concave rods with cone nuts so this could have been a running change and to Rohan's point,
an engineering change deemed important.