I just niticed the other day whan I was working on my car that the end link for the passengers side is busted. Where the end link bolts the the LCA is broken. The boot aprt is seperated. How the hell did I do this? Will the part in the link below fix it? Thanks.

This is where its broken.

http://store.summitracing.com/...w=sku

or this

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1800228


Modified by TwoKSiR at 10:55 PM 11/26/2006


Modified by TwoKSiR at 1:57 AM 11/27/2006

 

What sway bar do you have?

 

Stock, Its a 2000 Civic SiR.

 

You need the EM1 front endlinks. None of the ones in the links will work.

 

Is there an after market endlink available for the EM1?

 

I add a pic to the original post to show where its broken.

 

Unfortunately, I don't think there is an aftermarket front endlink for the EM1. They don't even have aftermarket GSR/ITR front endlinks, which I don't feel like paying $50-60 a piece for at the dealership.

 

I just looked and its $40 for one plus shipping for one from HondaAutomotiveParts.com. Thats gay.

 

If I get an aftermarket sway bar like the Suspension Tech one will that bolt up just fine?

Whats the difference in the swat bars of the EM1 and the others OEMs?

 

Still need an answer?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TwoKSiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Whats the difference in the swat bars of the EM1 and the others OEMs?</TD></TR></TABLE>

The mounting point to the LCA. Apparently, Honda designed the EM1 sway bar to only work with the EM1 LCA, and vice versa.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueIntegraBoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Unfortunately, I don't think there is an aftermarket front endlink for the EM1. They don't even have aftermarket GSR/ITR front endlinks, which I don't feel like paying $50-60 a piece for at the dealership.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Huh? Those adjustable sperical bearing ones look like they would work on a GS-R front sway bar.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Huh? Those adjustable sperical bearing ones look like they would work on a GS-R front sway bar.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Guessing you have a 94 GSR from your name, and guessing that there must be some difference between the 94 and 00, but my 00 GSR front endlinks do not have the 2 90* bends that those pictured at the top of this thread do. They have a single 90* turn at the swaybar attachment point, and then go straight down through the LCA.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TunerN00b &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Guessing you have a 94 GSR from your name, and guessing that there must be some difference between the 94 and 00, but my 00 GSR front endlinks do not have the 2 90* bends that those pictured at the top of this thread do. They have a single 90* turn at the swaybar attachment point, and then go straight down through the LCA.</TD></TR></TABLE>

crap, my bad, I just noticed the ball joint on the upper end of the end link when I was working under the car last week, and assumed it was the kind with ball joints on both ends.

 

Still need an answer for an EM1.

 

hah, my front endlinks were broken for almost a year

i searched high and low for aftermarket ones, but came up dry.
i had to shell out 70~ bucks for oem ones

but no sooner than i recieved the links, blox came out with adjustable endlinks, not sure if they would work since they were meant for the rear, but i supposed you could just spin them so the ball joints are in line.

ill try to find pics of what im talking about

 

here we go

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1777800

 

HAHAHAHA, thats funny, mine have been broken for almost 3 years now. The car hasn't run for 2 years because of health issues and am now back to where I can work on it. Thanks for the help guy, I might just suck it up and try the Blox and see if they work.

 

And what makes them brake?

 

usually, you can't use the adjustable end link kits because the stock end links in the front usually have some sort of misalignment, which is the reason for the ball/socket on each end of the end link. I've tried to come up with a front kit for the GSR swaybar, but have yet to be successful.

 

if the sphericals work, go with them, they are noisy as fawk though

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by E-Money &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if the sphericals work, go with them, they are noisy as fawk though</TD></TR></TABLE>

Are we talking about the blox? I hear if you ues a placric washer or something it makes them quiet. And we are talking about the fronts here right.

 

It's a wear item. Over time they get stressed and can break.

 

The car had like 30k on it when they broke. It is was an Iowa car at the time though.

 

You might want to see if theres a way to get the ends tack welded on better. The weak spot on those is where the ends are attached to the post in the middle.