Sway Bar Install Questions
04-16-2005, 06:10 PM
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Sway Bar Install Questions I just installed my spohn front and rear sway bars. i greased up the bushings and everything was clean. has anyone else done this install? on my other spohn products, they say, put the car on a lift, then install everything hand tight, then lower to the ground (ride height) and tighten everything there. well the sway bars didnt have any instructions, and i didnt have access to a drive on lift, once i was done with the frame lift so i just tightened everything while it was on the frame lift. i tightened up the end links first, then the frame mounds with the greased bushings last. anyone have any experience with this??
04-16-2005, 07:13 PM
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If the suspension was unloaded (tires hanging freely) while you tightened down the swaybar endlinks, you've essentially pre-loaded the swaybar way too much once it's down on the ground and everything compresses. You need to undo the endlinks, and retorque them while everything is loaded.
I made this mistake on my Z28. I tightened down the endlinks on my ST bar while it was on jackstands. When I went to an autocross the next day, the turn-in was horrible. Reason being, I had pre-loaded the endlinks way too much, and as the car turned, the swaybar was already to it's "limit" because it was so tight. I undid them, and retorqued while loaded, and it turned in great.
I don't have access to any lifts of any sort, but the $20 pair of ramps I bought at Pep Boys work wonders, even with a lowered car.
I made this mistake on my Z28. I tightened down the endlinks on my ST bar while it was on jackstands. When I went to an autocross the next day, the turn-in was horrible. Reason being, I had pre-loaded the endlinks way too much, and as the car turned, the swaybar was already to it's "limit" because it was so tight. I undid them, and retorqued while loaded, and it turned in great.
I don't have access to any lifts of any sort, but the $20 pair of ramps I bought at Pep Boys work wonders, even with a lowered car.
04-16-2005, 10:15 PM
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did you ruin the end link bushings from your one day of running it wrong? my car is just a daily driver, but i dont know if i ruined the bushings. its a spohn front and rear sway bars with the poly bushing end links. thanks!
