Issue installing LG Motorsports adjustable PHB
11-24-2003, 02:53 AM
#1
Issue installing LG Motorsports adjustable PHB Curious if anyone has had this problem...
I went to put my rear end all back together Sunday morning, and was just about finished... went to put on the LG Motorsports adjustable panhard bar I bought, got the bushing end on, and then went to mount the rod end, and found I couldn't get the bolt it.. it was driving me nuts.... So I dropped the bar back down, and tried the bolt in the hole just to make sure everything was aligned right..
And that was when I found that the metal bushings for the rod end are physically too small for the panhard bolt to fit through them.
Of all things I would run into, I would think this would be the last one. It says in the instructions to use the stock PHB bolts, but how can I if they don't fit?
I went to put my rear end all back together Sunday morning, and was just about finished... went to put on the LG Motorsports adjustable panhard bar I bought, got the bushing end on, and then went to mount the rod end, and found I couldn't get the bolt it.. it was driving me nuts.... So I dropped the bar back down, and tried the bolt in the hole just to make sure everything was aligned right..
And that was when I found that the metal bushings for the rod end are physically too small for the panhard bolt to fit through them.
Of all things I would run into, I would think this would be the last one. It says in the instructions to use the stock PHB bolts, but how can I if they don't fit?
11-24-2003, 09:21 AM
#3
Originally Posted by mitchntx
One bushing is supposed to be larger than the other. The bolt itself is stepped to different sizes.
Did you try swapping sides with the bushings?
Did you try swapping sides with the bushings?
This whole panhard bar thing has been a real pain in the ***.
11-24-2003, 09:29 AM
#4
It'll fit ... I just installed the G2 PHB recently.
Someone at LG's screwed up and sent you a wrong bushing. You have 2 backside bushings, and no front side.
Call them and they will send you another out ASAP.
I know it's frustrating and a royal PITA. Mistakes happen.
Someone at LG's screwed up and sent you a wrong bushing. You have 2 backside bushings, and no front side.
Call them and they will send you another out ASAP.
I know it's frustrating and a royal PITA. Mistakes happen.
11-24-2003, 11:51 AM
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That's very odd. I thought mine didn't fit either but then I looked closer at the metal bushings and they are two different sizes. If you don't have two different sizes, then someone messed up.
It does fit if everything is right. Like said though, just call them up and get a proper bushing, I'm sure that's all that it is.
It does fit if everything is right. Like said though, just call them up and get a proper bushing, I'm sure that's all that it is.
11-24-2003, 12:33 PM
#6
Someone at LG's screwed up and sent you a wrong bushing. You have 2 backside bushings, and no front side.
I would think that they would both need to be large enough for the stepped part of the bolt to fit through, because that part goes pretty far into the fitting.
Call them and they will send you another out ASAP.
I know it's frustrating and a royal PITA. Mistakes happen.
I'm also a little disappointed by how much road noise the G2 adjustable LCAs transmit into the passenger compartment, and I'm hoping that this PHB isn't going to make that worse. The suspension feels TIGHT as hell... but I hear every little bump. I may even switch to the non-adjustable LCAs just to cut down on the noise.
Last edited by DrEvyl; 11-24-2003 at 12:40 PM.
11-24-2003, 12:54 PM
#7
Fair warning ... you would be better off calling them.
Neither bushing will fit over the stepped bolt? Has to be the wrong bushing.
I guess noise is all relative. I cannot hear what others seem to complan about, especially over my Borla's exhaust note. And I've got it fully blocked off!
Make sure you've got the LCA bolt tight as hell. Torque is not as critical because you don't have to worry about crushing the LCA mount and binding up the bushing.
Neither bushing will fit over the stepped bolt? Has to be the wrong bushing.
I guess noise is all relative. I cannot hear what others seem to complan about, especially over my Borla's exhaust note. And I've got it fully blocked off!
Make sure you've got the LCA bolt tight as hell. Torque is not as critical because you don't have to worry about crushing the LCA mount and binding up the bushing.
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11-25-2003, 10:16 PM
#9
Actually, I think I figured it out now...
I checked the bushings again, and I was wrong.. they are indeed two different sizes. But I figured out where I went wrong and why they didn't fit.
The installation instructions say:
"NOTE: The two aluminum step bushings go in the rod end (heim joint) with the long bushing toward the front of the car on the passenger side"
The long bushing is the one with the smaller hole.
The passenger side PHB mount requires that the bolt come in pointing towards the back of the car, which would mean the instructions say to do it in a way that is impossible. The long bushing would have to be towards the BACK of the car.
Leave it to me to follow the instructions..
I checked the bushings again, and I was wrong.. they are indeed two different sizes. But I figured out where I went wrong and why they didn't fit.
The installation instructions say:
"NOTE: The two aluminum step bushings go in the rod end (heim joint) with the long bushing toward the front of the car on the passenger side"
The long bushing is the one with the smaller hole.
The passenger side PHB mount requires that the bolt come in pointing towards the back of the car, which would mean the instructions say to do it in a way that is impossible. The long bushing would have to be towards the BACK of the car.
Leave it to me to follow the instructions..
11-26-2003, 01:27 AM
#12
Originally Posted by angst911
just put the bolt in from the other direction.........................................