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kenchan 02-11-2014 02:19 PM
mitco also searching google... it's a race.

Chuck33079 02-11-2014 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2688791)
:icon08: ha?
What's confusing? If you never greased the sway bar bushings, the bar binding will tear up the endlink.

Chuck33079 02-11-2014 02:20 PM
I didn't think I needed to clarify that there isn't a bushing on the endlink to grease. Because we're not retarded.

Riptide67 02-11-2014 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2688785)
if you're planning on using no stiffer than the middle setting on the front, i suppose you might be okay. it is about the same stiffness as my whiteline's soft setting. this is going by manufacturer % in stiffness, so it is still just a guess. just because you have 2 bars doesnt mean you need to use both of them.

im sure you have screws in your garage you're not using. are you going to just screw them in your car just because you have them? lol
I know that I don't need to use them both and the screws laying around the garage, along with some nuts have saved my *** from time to time :p

kenchan 02-11-2014 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Riptide67 (Post 2688804)
I know that I don't need to use them both and the screws laying around the garage, along with some nuts have saved my *** from time to time :p
:icon17:

kenchan 02-11-2014 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2688796)
What's confusing? If you never greased the sway bar bushings, the bar binding will tear up the endlink.
well, greasing the bushing inside out is a given.

and bushings breaking apart (poly compound) before endlinks (ball joint) is also a given.

:icon17:

Chuck33079 02-11-2014 02:26 PM
The balljoint can and will pop out of its socket if the bar is binding.

kenchan 02-11-2014 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2688820)
The balljoint can and will pop out of its socket if the bar is binding.
binded just by ungreased bushings? lol

one must be totally deaf not to first detect rowing boat squeaks and creaks prior to so much binding that it seizes the frikken bar?? :icon17:

i want to see poly bushing that is so frikken stiff that it equals the strength of bar being welded to the frame. ;)

kenchan 02-11-2014 02:33 PM
so riptide- grease your bushings inside out before install. :icon17: otherwise your endlinks will pop out. lol

i use white lithium grease.

Riptide67 02-11-2014 02:38 PM
Noted, Kenchan. I think for the time being, I am just going to order the rear SPL endlinks. If the fronts take a ****, then so be it. I will replace them when/if they do.

God help me

Chuck33079 02-11-2014 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2688829)
binded just by ungreased bushings? lol

one must be totally deaf not to first detect rowing boat squeaks and creaks prior to so much binding that it seizes the frikken bar?? :icon17:

i want to see poly bushing that is so frikken stiff that it equals the strength of bar being welded to the frame. ;)
I popped the ball out of a OE rear on a very steep parking lot entrance. No knocking beforehand. It's loud. :rofl2: You'll think something a lot more important than an endlink snapped.

kenchan 02-11-2014 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2688854)
I popped the ball out of a OE rear on a very steep parking lot entrance. No knocking beforehand. It's loud. :rofl2: You'll think something a lot more important than an endlink snapped.
wow that's crazy. :icon17: but thats not from sized bushings though. you extended the bar and suspension beyond the designed geometry.

Chuck33079 02-11-2014 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2688858)
wow that's crazy. :icon17: but thats not from sized bushings though. you extended the bar and suspension beyond the designed geometry.
Had the bar been sufficiently lubed, it had the travel to accomodate the angle. Give it a try- it sounds like you've been shot at. Almost cost me a pair of shorts. :rofl2:

kenchan 02-11-2014 03:15 PM
lol, even a loose balljoint makes pretty loud knocking noise, i can only image how a mass torsion sprung ball joint sounds when it snaps. :icon17:

1slow370 02-12-2014 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2688816)
well, greasing the bushing inside out is a given.

and bushings breaking apart (poly compound) before endlinks (ball joint) is also a given.

:icon17:
bar endlinks are much more susceptible to wear and damage than people think, it is much more common to find broken endlinks than torn up bushings it doesn't take an unimaginable amount of force to rip a ball and socket joint apart especially under the high angles and loads a lot of aftermarket bars put them at.


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