HELP! FAST! Rear Swaybar/Endlinks install problem
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Rear Swaybar/Endlinks install problem
Have Perrin Rear Swaybar and endlinks....
Installed and now the drivers side endlink is hitting the swaybar.
What do I do? The swaybar mounts are all the way back too!
TIA
Installed and now the drivers side endlink is hitting the swaybar.
What do I do? The swaybar mounts are all the way back too!
TIA
Last edited by crashnscar; Sep 15, 2005 at 11:29 PM.
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Moved it to the middle hole and it doesn't hit.... it only hits when on the stiffest setting.
Anyone know why this might be?
Anyone know why this might be?
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Originally Posted by yayitzian
no? i've had my helix set at the stiffest for a while, but I put it back on the middle. are you sure you didn't put the endlinks on backwards?
they go upwards in a C shape if you look from the opposite side.... not sure how else you could put them other than going down which just wouldnt be right.
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Originally Posted by yayitzian
TIA = thanks in advance.
when you look at the car from the rear, the outside of the curved part of the C is facing you right?
when you look at the car from the rear, the outside of the curved part of the C is facing you right?
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Looks just like this...
And no, I didn't do it on jack stands w/o suspension loaded and that isnt my car
And no, I didn't do it on jack stands w/o suspension loaded and that isnt my car
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Originally Posted by crashnscar
Looks just like this...
And no, I didn't do it on jack stands w/o suspension loaded and that isnt my car
And no, I didn't do it on jack stands w/o suspension loaded and that isnt my car
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Originally Posted by yayitzian
wierd...i dunno what makes the noise then...mine doesn't make any noise...well it makes a creak/groaning noise at low speeds when i'm going over bumps. but that's cuz nobody had grease for the mounts, so we used what we had...dishwasher soap lol!
I'll get some pics of it today.
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Originally Posted by crashnscar
There is no noise... It's just when I'm clamping down the bolt that connects the endlink to the swaybar on the drivers side, it hits before the bolt is even tight.
I'll get some pics of it today.
I'll get some pics of it today.
Do you mean that the swaybar basically hits the link w/o any pressure needed to try to press them together? I know my cusco + kartboys have always did that and they might have actually been needed to pull them slightly apart so the link didn't get in the way of the sway.
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isn't there a spacer that goes between the swaybar and the endlink? it should have come with the endlinks.
It's been a while since I have installed one so I could be mistaken
It's been a while since I have installed one so I could be mistaken
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Originally Posted by ish
isn't there a spacer that goes between the swaybar and the endlink? it should have come with the endlinks.
It's been a while since I have installed one so I could be mistaken
It's been a while since I have installed one so I could be mistaken