proper swaybar endlink length??
06-07-2010, 07:02 PM
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proper swaybar endlink length?? Does anyone have any advise on the proper swaybar endlink length for my ride? The car is a 2002 trans am with 1LE suspension option (firehawk). I replaced the front and rear 1LE springs with a set from Sam Strano. the car sits quite a bit lower now, Im still using the original 1LE sway bars front and rear. Since the rear axle (and sway bar) is now around 1.2"-1.5" closer to the frame (car frame is now lower in relation to the axle.)
Common sense tells you that if the sway bar endlink geometry was correct before swapping springs then the geometry is no longer correct. Any info is appreciated. There is very little info mentioned about this in the past.
If the (rear)frame now sits 1.5 inches lower compared to the axle, shouldn't the endlinks need to be shorter also to maintain the bars same geometry??
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Common sense tells you that if the sway bar endlink geometry was correct before swapping springs then the geometry is no longer correct. Any info is appreciated. There is very little info mentioned about this in the past.
If the (rear)frame now sits 1.5 inches lower compared to the axle, shouldn't the endlinks need to be shorter also to maintain the bars same geometry??
Thanks
06-10-2010, 01:31 AM
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the rear end links that come with prothane's sway bar kit are 3.5" (or 1 7/8" using the energy suspension method which is the length of the spacer, prothane measures from sway bar to control arm). My car is lowered about an inch and I noticed my rear sway bar end link mount and body mount were not perfectly parallel. I decided to buy a set of 1 5/8" energy endlinks, I will be installing them this weekend so I will let you know, if it doesn't make them parallel, at least it will be closer than it was.
06-10-2010, 05:33 AM
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Ideally, the "arms" of the swaybar should be fairly close to being parallel to the ground. In your case, that would indeed mean a shorter link would be needed. The only problem is sometimes on the front sway bars the holes in the end of the bar, where the links attach to, aren't directly above the corresponding holes in the lower a-arm. This means that the links tip a little inward, and when you install shorter links, this angle can get a little extreme.
