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06-24-2021, 04:43 PM | #1 |
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Do I need shorter endlinks?
I recently adjusted my coilovers to -32 mm; the rear sway bar angle obviously changed.
Reading around the internet, I found contrasting opinions, so I'm asking the gurus here. Somebody says that the bar has to be parallel to ground, somebody says (Eibach itself too) that the angle is not important, but adjustable endlinks are made just to remove preload dued to different weights of both sides of the car. Obviously they are needed in case of contact with car body... |
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Angle is not important. The important part is taking any preload out of the bar at static ride height.
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I wish there was an option like Kartboy (which has different sized spacers to choose from that fix this issue), but instead having a ball joint up in place of the upper poly bushing. |
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I've done spherical before, but I've ran through the bearings pretty quickly. I would be more eager to do them again if I had a bearing tool and a bunch of extra bearings, but I'm looking for a more one and done solution this time around.
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Really? That is surprising. I don't have endlinks from them, but the sphericals on my RacerX parts are going strong after years of DD'ing and NW rain. I even bought spares thinking I needed to replace them but they are still good.
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The premature wear may have to do with the extreme angle my endlinks had, but I would think a spherical bearing could resist impact the same as if it were at any other angle... I think I'm going to either do Kartboy or those new Whiteline rear endlinks and add some custom length spacers/adapters so I can shift the endlinks back and forth relative to the lower control arms. |
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If you’re not planning to corner balance your car well…they’re absolutely not necessary at all as angle shouldn’t change anything; I mean they’re a nice feature to have (especially if custom ones have an harder bush or a spherical joint) but while they’re a must in the front for obvious clearance issues while lowered in the rear it’s almost impossible to have these problems, getting rid of any kind of preload is the only feature there IMO.
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I am going to disagree. I offer the follow reasoning (and I'm happy to be corrected).
I'm suggesting the leverage on the sway bar is different depending on the angle.
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Mmmh, I'm thinking of a pedal of a bike: when it's parallel to ground you need a little less torque than when it's oblique. Second order forces.
But, with stock suspensions, is the bar horizontal? |
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I bought RacerX front and rear adjustable sway bar end links, both sets with spherical joints, unprotected - no dust boot at all. I replaced them when switching to Eibach sway bars. Immediately, upon leaving my garage after doing the work, the rear had a clunking. Put it back on the lift, could not find anything loose. I decided to look more thoroughly later and ended up parking the car for 8 months. When driving it again, not only were the rears very noisy, but now the fronts groan and moan like crazy. Turning the wheel all the way to one side, you can clearly see surface rust and pitting in the spherical joint. The parts had maybe 200 miles on them in total at this point. Checked the rears again. No luck. Dropped the car off at a shop to look. They had no recommendation. Drove the car as-is for 2,000 miles or so. The noise got so bad I just removed my rear endlinks entirely. The aluminum bushings that the bolt goes through were moderately deformed. Sucks these damn adjustable endlinks are so expensive. Especially the rears. Bought a set of static Perrins to replace the fronts. Quote:
We're talking like 90 degrees vs 87 degrees. Not 90 vs 58 |
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