Suspension Installation Warning!!!!
 

Installed Tein Flex's Today


Rear lower sway bar end link bolts will snap. They will not hand tighten w/ wrenches. They must not be reusable!

Replace them w/ new grade 10.9 fasteners.

My car didn't have this issue... I'm on RSR isports.

Pics of what you mean would be fantastic

No issue with the KW install on my car.

Bolts are no different than those on an 08+ Impreza. Have done countless suspension and swaybar installs on those and have never had that problem.

You are right though. Pretty much all the nuts in the suspension are self-locking and technically supposed to be one-use only.

What do you want a pic of. Its the lower Sway Bar End Link Bolt on the control arm. Want a picture of how it stripped?

I couldn't even remotely get them tight. I'm either a beast or this is a localized incident.

Did anyone notice you can keep tightening without it stopping?

For reference of what you mean that snapped/stripped, yes.

:thanks:

Ill snap tomorrow

Im confused what snapped exactly, pictures would be a huge help.


You were doing endlinks like this right?

http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~yipal/blo...s/IMG_0119.JPG

http://www.ntpog.org/mods/fifth-sway...inkremove1.jpg

lol thats cause the ball in the joint keeps rotating if you dont counter hold the center with an allen. Pretty much like any other modern endlink nowadays.

But anyways, I installed some cusco coilovers a coupla nights ago and didnt have any problem, even after taking the nut off and on a coupla extra times while workin out the ride height.

I took off the bottom not the top.

so does this mean we shold take the bolt from the top off?