can you over tighten endlinks on a sway bar?
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Hey guys, I have had a sway bar on my car for about 6 months and now the rearend pops when I hit bumps..pretty bad like something is loose under there. Nothing is loose because I went and tightened everything that was under there. My question is: Can I possibly have over tightened the endlinks? I really tightened them when I installed it!
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Originally Posted by LANDONZ
Hey guys, I have had a sway bar on my car for about 6 months and now the rearend pops when I hit bumps..pretty bad like something is loose under there. Nothing is loose because I went and tightened everything that was under there. My question is: Can I possibly have over tightened the endlinks? I really tightened them when I installed it!
Thanks in advance
landon
Thanks in advance
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ok, it just seems that they are really tight.. My car should not be making some of these noises..I have to much money in my setup. Ill go outside and look more but I cant figure it out
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Yes, you can overtighten links. They only need to have no play in them, anything tighter is too much.
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So when they are compressed on one end and pretty much look like small pancakes then that means that they might be to tight? haha
Mine makes the same popping sound against the 12 bolt since my install. I assume I just need new bushings to bring it down some.
Mine makes the same popping sound against the 12 bolt since my install. I assume I just need new bushings to bring it down some.
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yes, that'd be overtightened
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Originally Posted by Blakbird24
The directions that came with mine say "tighten until bushings begin to bulge". That's word-for-word from the instruction paper. I have no weird noises whatsoever though.
I dont squish them until they are about to flatten into pancakes though... that might be a tad much
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