today was my second attempt on installing this POS BAR!!!!!!!!

everything went ok but the stupid endlinks don't line up with the LCA
i tried everything, i lifted the suspension so that LCA is leveled but no luck, i tried twisting the bar but nothing, heck i even unbolted everything and thought that the sway bar was backwards, but that just made things worst....4 hours of pain and sweat and some blood

hope this little diagram helps

LCA----->|| ||<-----endlink, as opposed to |||| and the bolt right through the middle

I've seen the DIY for this bar but goddamn it, it didn't help.....why doesn't the endlink line up with the LCA!!!!!!!!!!????

i have megan LCA and car is a 98 gsr.......


Modified by CW_98gsr at 2:22 AM 3/26/2007

 

did you try using a jack to push the lca up and move it around?
I had some trouble as well when putting it all back together, and I using a screwdriver that would fit all the way through to help it guide me in getting it all lined up right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by numbnuts22715 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you try using a jack to push the lca up and move it around?
I had some trouble as well when putting it all back together, and I using a screwdriver that would fit all the way through to help it guide me in getting it all lined up right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i tried everything man, i lifted the control arm up and it just seems that it wont line up right with the endlink, the closest ive gotten but the endlink is twisted too much that the bushing it has looks like it has alooot of pressure and its kinda bented

 

Mine does that, too. It happens because the swaybar sits closer to the subframe when you mount it with a Beaks or BSQ kit, than it does when mounted on an actual type R. I just swing the endlink away from the LCA and get the bolt holes lined up as best I can. My ITR swaybar has been on my car for almost 4 years now, and I've disassembled and reassembled my rear suspension numerous times, without too much trouble. None of the bushings have torn or anything like that. When you put the car on the ground, the ends of the sway bar will swing upwards so that the end links sit closer to a vertical orientation.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mine does that, too. It happens because the swaybar sits closer to the subframe when you mount it with a Beaks or BSQ kit, than it does when mounted on an actual type R. I just swing the endlink away from the LCA and get the bolt holes lined up as best I can. My ITR swaybar has been on my car for almost 4 years now, and I've disassembled and reassembled my rear suspension numerous times, without too much trouble. None of the bushings have torn or anything like that. When you put the car on the ground, the ends of the sway bar will swing upwards so that the end links sit closer to a vertical orientation.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks you for the help man, i greatly appreciate it

i was about to think that i would need the ITR LCA's

but its just that its really hard to put the endlinks on
was it hard for you?

and another question....what do i need to install first? subframe, endlink?...or endlink then the subframe reinforcment?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CW_98gsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

thanks you for the help man, i greatly appreciate it

i was about to think that i would need the ITR LCA's

but its just that its really hard to put the endlinks on
was it hard for you?

and another question....what do i need to install first? subframe, endlink?...or endlink then the subframe reinforcment?</TD></TR></TABLE>

anyone?

 

can anyone pleeeease help me

the endlink is always at an angle and its hard to put the bolt and nut to hold the endlink, i feel that if i leave it the way it is, its going to rip in a turn

 

Whenever I have to remove my rear shocks, I always unbolt the end link from the LCA so that I can push the LCA down, and I leave the sway bar bolted in place on the subframe. So bolt to subframe first, then bolt end links to LCA's. You can dooo eeetttt Just keep working at it

 

yeah i have jacked up the trailing arm so that the LCA is leveled and try putting the endlink but seems that the endlink is at an angle wheather i twist the sway bar in place, it doesnt help, the endlink is ALWAYS at an angle....just have some fear bolting it up at an angle, you can tell that the bushing will be ripped in the first turn

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CW_98gsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah i have jacked up the trailing arm so that the LCA is leveled and try putting the endlink but seems that the endlink is at an angle wheather i twist the sway bar in place, it doesnt help, the endlink is ALWAYS at an angle....just have some fear bolting it up at an angle, you can tell that the bushing will be ripped in the first turn </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

^^^^^^^^^

 

I'll try and let you know about this when I do my ITR rear bar in the next week or two. I have the bar and all the mounting hardware, but I'm waiting on Function 7 adjustable endlinks. I'm hoping I'll avoid some of the binding problems you're experiencing with the bushings there. BTW, it'll be bolted to an ASR subframe brace as well. Good luck dude!

 

I'm using a ITR rear sway with ITR endlinks with a Comptech Tiebar on my GSR and everything lined up without an issue. Using GSR LCA's

Perhaps its the Megan LCA that don't have the hole in the right spot. You could try different endlinks:
http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/...=1431

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stumpyf4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm using a ITR rear sway with ITR endlinks with a Comptech Tiebar on my GSR and everything lined up without an issue. Using GSR LCA's

Perhaps its the Megan LCA that don't have the hole in the right spot. You could try different endlinks:
http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/...=1431</TD></TR></TABLE>

its on the right spot alright its just that the endlink is kind of angled in a way when you look at it from the tire to the center

 

Maybe your LCA bolt holes for the end links aren't exactly in the right place.

I'm telling you, I've had mine for 4 years without issue, but I'm running stock LCA's. I'm also using the Beaks mount kit, which spaces the bar away from the subframe about 1/4" more than the BSQ kit did, which helps a little bit when lining up the endlink to the bolt hole.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maybe your LCA bolt holes for the end links aren't exactly in the right place.

I'm telling you, I've had mine for 4 years without issue, but I'm running stock LCA's. I'm also using the Beaks mount kit, which spaces the bar away from the subframe about 1/4" more than the BSQ kit did, which helps a little bit when lining up the endlink to the bolt hole.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah its rather strange, i heard that the megan and stock has the same bolt patterns, ive been seeing pictures of cars with the swaybar and almost all of them are kind of in an angle....so do you think i should just force the endlink to the LCA?....and yeah i have the beaks kit

 

Can you take a picture of what it looks like right now when you're trying to get the bolt in?

Here's what mine looks like when the car is sitting on the ground. This was back when I had the BSQ kit. The car was on an alignment rack when I took this pic from underneath:



From another angle, again with the car on the ground:

 

is that the gsr control arm?....if it is then dammit i need those...yeah the megan one dont stick out at all.....wow, thanks for the pictures man


now who wants to trade me their stock LCA's

 

Maybe you could use some washers on the bolt to act as a spacer? You might need a longer bolt, though.

 

i was thinking of that but im shure it would deff. break