Sway bar rubber bushings

[firefighter]

Quick question,

I am replacing the sway bar bushings on my 1976 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4. Should the sway bar bushings (the ones directly below the radiator) be tight on the sway bar, or should they be not so tight so the sway bar can easily rotate within them?

Thank you guys.

[Blazin]

They should be tight. Don't worry when you through the weight of a 6,000 lb truck into a corner the bar will move in them!

[beastie_3]

torque them properly.

[firefighter]

That's exactly the information I needed.
I'm up at 6AM in the morning on a Saturday, and I'm getting ready to go finish my lift kit installation.
Have a great weekend.

[Sodium Duck]

What's the right way to torque them? Are you talking about a pattern, or just the right torque spec? Mine are loose, I may as well fix it right.

http://www.chuckschevytruckpages.com/chevy_front_suspension_torque_specs.html

Looks like 130 foot pounds.

In my search I also found that you could use the German torque spec, Good'n'tight. lol

I also read something about tightening the nut until the bushing is compressed to the same size as the washer?

[bake74]

     As a general rule of thumb, with any bushing you want to tighten enough so the bushing starts to compress. (unless they are designed to sit in a cradle with no torque on them)  Any less and the bushing will wear out from excessive movement, also over tightening will flatten the bushing out to much and cause it loose it's absorbent qualities.