( .... for a change asking questions after the repair )

There seem to be differring schools of thought on this one, although I haven't found more than pics so far of the procedure for a W114.

They were tightened up to the end of the thread, this is how I replaced the rods. The rubbers are looking pretty much "donutty", but everything seemed nice and firm on the test ride, as would be expected.

However, while researching this on the web, other car makes talk about torquing them up ( I don't have a torque wrench ) and using white grease, I didn't.

So bottom line is, have I over tightened the sway bar rods by tightening them as far as they would go ? Should I loosen them off at all ( job was done less than 12 hours ago )

Thanks in advance.

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