$0.60 Sway Bar Disconnects
04-12-2011, 03:38 PM
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$0.60 Sway Bar Disconnects
I just went to home depot and got some 10mm 1.5 wing nuts and did this....
I figure the links are going to stay like that if there tight enough, when i tried to move then about of my way I had to use two hands to really nudge them over there.
And I went to the end of my driveway and did a flex test. Keep in mind this is only the street curb But I will soon find something bigger to flex on!
EDIT!! I was convinced to put a cotter pin on these..
I figure the links are going to stay like that if there tight enough, when i tried to move then about of my way I had to use two hands to really nudge them over there.
And I went to the end of my driveway and did a flex test. Keep in mind this is only the street curb But I will soon find something bigger to flex on!
EDIT!! I was convinced to put a cotter pin on these..
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04-12-2011, 03:48 PM
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04-12-2011, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevorNelson
If you tighten them down enough? lol, I hope they don't come loose.
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The pin is a very good idea. You should just go ahead and do it, because it really is a matter of when they will come loose more than if. Safety is worth another $0.10 and a drill bit
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Originally Posted by TrevorNelson
I just thought of that. Im going to drive it for a few days and see what happens. Then Ill drill a hole and pin it if it comes loose.
04-12-2011, 04:09 PM
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I would think with the articulation of the suspention, the sudden compression and release during the flex of just normal driving would allow them to come loose. A pin is exactly what I was thinking.
04-12-2011, 07:31 PM
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there is a metal cap ontop of the bushing. i have been runing with that setup with the lockwasher for almost a year now.. no issues at all. exept i used a clevis pin at the bottom and some "spacer" washers to make the link completley removable... still good for over a year
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simple. i like it. The only thing about the design is that during flex that the sway bar links would flex into the body, suspension of something. I even had that problem with the old style rough country quick discos.