BROKEN endlink bolt!!
I'm assuming these are the stock endlinks? If so, don't beat yourself up about, there are plenty of people that have done this (me being one of them). Mine failed in the exact same way yours did, the stock bolts just aren't up to the torsional stress being applied when trying to take them off. Just go to your local autozone and buy a set of poly endlinks. They come with grade 8 bolts so you don't have to worry about his happening again.
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I set aside the boxes that came with the sway bars (Strano) and they came with new bolts.
Whew!!! Problem solved. Thanks for the help. I was feelin pretty shitty when it snapped. Thread Starter
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Well I got everything buttoned up (or so I thought) and took it out for a spin and heard some clunking so I came back and tightened the endlinks down some more. Still clunking. After looking closer I see there is not much clearance between the sway bar and the tie rod. The pics will tell the story. Is this normal?? If not what can I do to fix it?? (short of putting the stocker back on) Thanks.
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Originally Posted by super_fro_daddy
After looking closer I see there is not much clearance between the sway bar and the tie rod. The pics will tell the story. Is this normal?? If not what can I do to fix it??
If you position it correctly it will raise the sway bar much higher and give you the proper clearance.
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Yah, the stock endlinks slid all the way thru so it looked like thats how they went, but I found something on LS1howto.com the showed me otherwise. Thanks for the help guys.
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