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addco front swaybar
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:26 AM
Has anyone who has done the addco front feel like they ran out of threads on the endlink bushings. Just did mine this morning and bottomed the threads and the bushings aren't loose to where you can rotate them, but they don't have the slight bulge I've heard is required.





Re: addco front swaybar
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:42 AM
you should be fine. I tightened mine up till they were snug and firm on both sides. Did you assemble everyting properly?

From bottom to top
Screw
Metal hat
Bushing
Control arm
Bushing
Metal Hat
Spacer
Metal Hat
Bushing
Bar
Bushing
Metal Hat
Nut


-Chris

Re: addco front swaybar
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:59 PM
Yeah that is how I installed it, just doesn't seem to compress the bushings that much




Re: addco front swaybar
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:19 PM
mine did, I had to add extra washers, not sure why, but worked great.


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Re: addco front swaybar
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:42 PM
Yeah i'm at work and just snagged a few out of the parts room, will put the car on ramps tomorrow and go to town with em.



Re: addco front swaybar
Saturday, July 08, 2006 10:48 PM
Same problem here, Im wondering if it will eliminate some of my clunking noises once I get them tightened down.


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Re: addco front swaybar
Saturday, July 08, 2006 10:57 PM
Mine bottomed out just as they started to bulge. Definately noticed that the bar is working. I suspect it's meant to be like that, but who knows.



Re: addco front swaybar
Sunday, July 09, 2006 2:23 AM
Speaking of wich,
How long of a spacer did they provied?

I'm thinking of getting a longer spacer for my factory front and using the spare set of Addco bushings I have.

-M


Remember....syringes go in the RED waste basket.
Re: addco front swaybar
Sunday, July 09, 2006 8:40 AM
BlackEco wrote:Same problem here, Im wondering if it will eliminate some of my clunking noises once I get them tightened down.


I've got a slight clunk from the passenger side, mainly if i'm going down my gravel driveway with a lot of suspension movement going on. I drove up on ramps and took off the endlinks and moved the swaybar up and down and could hear/feel a little clunk but couldn't find it hitting on anything so I don't know.

Mastin as far as the spacers go I'd have to find them! When I was checking out the noise I put it back together with a shorter spacer and a few washers before the nut to make up for lack of threads. My thinking was since my car is lowered the control arms are up higher than stock so the distance from the control arm and swaybar should be less to keep the swaybar as close to parallel as possible with the control arm. After doing this the swaybar clunks less too.




Re: addco front swaybar
Sunday, July 09, 2006 9:25 AM
Quote:

My thinking was since my car is lowered the control arms are up higher than stock so the distance from the control arm and swaybar should be less to keep the swaybar as close to parallel as possible with the control arm. After doing this the swaybar clunks less too.


Yeah that's what I'm going for.
I replaced the endlinks keeping them the same length as stock.
But thinking about going a little longer with the spare set of Addco bushings I have.

Oh well,
Thanks,
-M


Remember....syringes go in the RED waste basket.
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