Shirl

I have brand new Hotchkis sways installed and when I turn the wheel I hear "clink" "clink" "clink"... over and over again. Nothing is rubbing at all. I think it's mostly coming from the front. Do these things shift around? Is this normal? Please help!

oldmansan

I recently installed Hotchkis sways and have no such noise.

San

GettReal

A few people have had issues with the Hotchkiss endlinks, are those what you are using?... I hd them and one of them clunked and drove me nuts. I replaced with GM metal ones and all was quiet once again. I now run LG end links..still quiet

Bahnzii

It most likely the endlinks...

Check the nuts and bolts again and make sure it hasn't "loosened" some.

You may find that you want to go adjustable endlinks like GettReal posted.

I have run Hotchkiss on many of my cars and sometimes you just get an endlink that doesn't want to play nice.

Heck even the stock endlinks (with stock bars) on my Z06 clunk, time for some adjustables again

oldmansan

I'm using stock endlinks (for now) on my Hotchkis bars.

San

Shirl

So am I. So, what endlinks do you guys suggest? LG's?? How much do they run? (Thanks!)

Jason Staley

I would check the torque on the nuts before buying new ones. I put new sway bars on my DD (07 Mustang) recently and had a similiar issue. It was just one of the nuts for the endlinks was a bit loose.

AU N EGL

Your exhaust is not loud enough if you hear end links clink

When attaching end links they must be unweighted.

Shirl

Please explain. (I think I know what you mean.)

AU N EGL

When attaching your end links, to either the sway bars or the a-arms do not let the a-arms hang down on their own weight.

This is where a 4 post lift or putting the car up on blocks, with the cars weight on the tires. Then reach under to attach the sway bar end links to the a-arms.

Shirl

Ok, so if I get the car back up on ramps, and put jackstands under the a-arms and tighten up the endlinks, will this work? (Thanks for the help!)

AU N EGL

Put the FULL wt of the car on the four jack stands.

I use two concrete blocks with greases linoleum 12' x12" squares between the tires and blocks.

two blocks per wheel that is

grease is between each linoleum 12' x12" square. Tires will slide ever so slightly

Disconnect the end links from the a-arms. Let the car settle for a few hours.

then reattach the end links.

Shirl

Ok, thank you for all of the help!!!

Aardwolf

On that year you can't reach them through the wheel spokes? I drive mine around to settle the suspension then park it on the level surface. I use a 12" extension to reach through the wheel spokes and adjust the end links. This is with adjustable links on a C4. I can put a box wrench through the spokes as well to adjust or hold the nut.

Shirl

I don't think so. The brakes are too big and I have Z06 wheels. Too many spokes.