So installed the ASR Subframe brace and the CTR 22mm swaybar. I also put on the Blox adjustable endlinks. And once i started driving i kept on hearing a knocking sound ( it wasn't very loud, but you could still notice it). The only thing i could think of it being was the endlinks, as i wasn't sure if i had installed them right. So i goto drive home and see if i can fix the issue and then i hear a really loud knock and some rattling. I come home to see that on the drivers side endlink, the top bolt is gone, and is hanging from the LCA. So here are the pictures of how I installed the before I drove. Like I said, I don't believe I installed them correctly (they didn't come with instructions), so any tips on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Drivers Side (which is now gone):







Passenger Side:








And lastly, is it ok to drive around like this, since the drivers side of the swaybar isn't connected to the LCA anymore? Thanks again for any help,
-Eric

 

Well for one thing you definitely should have used flat washers and lock washers to keep the nuts from backing out and falling off. You need to use them on both the sway bar bolt and the bolt thru the LCA.

Secondly, it looks to me like the sway bar isn't wide enough for those LCA's. You might need to use a spacer or two between the end link and the sway bar to get them to sit more vertical.

And if the left end link isn't connected, you should probably just take the sway bar off until you get it connected back up, unless you plan on fixing it like right now.

*edit* why is there different hardware on each side? You have a nut on each side of the sway bar on the right side, but on the left side you only had 1 nut and a thick washer. That's why the nut came off on that side. It probably won't come off on the right side, but lock washers would still be a good idea.

 

Ah thanks! I'll give that a try.

 

Like Patrick said they should be even on both sides using spacers, and a flatwasher with a lockwasher and nut I Autocross and track my car all the time so I also used locktight on them to make sure they stay secure.

heres a pic of the ones I use with the spacers washers ect. ( keep in mind they are on a subaru so they are shorter than a hondas)

 

wow man, those end links look SUPER nice with those rubber dust boots and everything.

 

Thanks for the help guys!

 

Who makes those endlinks? I've never seen a subaru endlink with dust covers. Most of the spherical endlinks I see are open to all the crud on the road.

 

Did some searching and found these

http://www.bakerprecision.com/rodacc.htm

Scroll to the bottom of the page

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow man, those end links look SUPER nice with those rubber dust boots and everything. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I was actually using whiteline adjustables. They look pretty similar but came apart on me. A friend of mine makes these http://www.draco-performance.com

They are for subarus but I guess if there was enough intrest in them I could have him make some for hondas. These might work if someone would measure the length of the endlink I could measure mine for referance.

I literally beat the hell out of these racing and they havent failed. I broke the cobb end links and the whitelines.

and the dust boots are pretty trick awell.