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Here we go. The first pic shows the clearance from the endlink to the control arm. I was about to say "static clearance" but it changes a bit when you turn the steering wheel, which I had to do to get the pic on the ground.
With the stock end links you may or may not be hitting statically. Hit a bump in the road or turn and it will for sure, though. The second pic shows the inside of the fender. You can see some paint has been scraped off. Directly below that is the end of the sway bar and endlink, and if you look closely you can see the washers I added between them. That stud sticking out was what was interfering under load.
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Also, if you are getting any clunking, you may want to check if your endlink bolts are properly torqued. Just using an impact isn't enough. You need a allen bolt for the endlink threaded end and muscle it tight. I had the Hotchkis bar and no interference issues here. |
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It's centered with the collars. I had that interference on both sides. It's up high from when I had the links adjusted longer but it happened no matter what. The bar is a 22mm Whiteline.
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Hi qoncept,
When we designed the front sway bar, we made it a point for the sway bar end to clear the lower control arm at all conditions including droop. This is with any length end links. The dimension from the centerline axis to the sway bar end is actually a call out (check dimension) on our CAD drawing to ensure no interference is present. So we do try to make sure that this particular concern is addressed. We've had a few customers call in about clunking noises from the front, but that was due to loose end links. Once the end links were tightened completely, the noise was fixed. We've had our sway bars in our test car for almost a year, with plenty of autocross runs and street driving and have not had any noise what so ever. Please have your buddy with the Hotchkis bar give us a call and we will be happy to help him if he is having any issues. (562)907-7757 Cheers! -Aaron |
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Hi FastLane1000,
The front Hotchkis bar should have centering collars welded onto the bar. The installation pictures show an early prototype that did not have centering collars. Sorry for the confusion. Truth be told, when testing with the prototype we did not have any issues with centering. The main lever arm bends in the bar are close enough to the bushings, so it self centered itself. We added welded centering collars for production as a precautionary measure. Thanks, -Aaron |
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Thanks for the info, I'll let him know to check and give you a call if he doesn't get it.
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I'll give that a try this weekend ... if i still get the clunk (while on stiffest setting) i'll just get the adjustable endlink
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I've had the whiteline links all along. Finally getting the adjustment right fixed. it.
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Pretty much. I'd also make sure you get the bar to where you think is perfectly centered and then tighten the slip collars in place. I don't know if it will tend to walk at all but a sway bar clunk has become the most frustrating sound in the world to me and any little thing I can do...
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thanks, this worked out great. Had some difficulty following this with a ehiteline bar. Everything still worked out though. Very helpful DIY!
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