installing joc bars?
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Le Mans Master
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installing joc bars?
getting ready to install my joc bars and need to know if their is any special directions that I need to do to ensure proper setup (bought them used w/o instructions)...oem endlinks.
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Nope, easy install, its the revers of taking the old ones off, not very hard, unless you have a cull rear diffuser, like APR.... Otherwise, 18mm open end wrench, and a 8mm and go to town!
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The end links form Pfadt started making a lot of noise for me with weeks. I replaced with the quiet end links from LG.
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Racer
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OEM front sway bar bushing bracket is to small or needs washers to get the right pinch on bushing.
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Le Mans Master
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From: ocean springs mississippi
are adjustable endlinks needed/suggested? I have been told that oem endlinks will hit front control arm during bumps? I also am running phadt featherlight c/o's. also,how do you "zero out" the swaybars??
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Here's a pic without the washers/spacers. Just fill in in as needed. I think you can get replacement bushings at Vansteel. Get some good end link also get rid of the OEM ones.
C U IN REARVIEW I used the OEM bolts. Tighten down just enough to hold it firmly but it still moves/ rotates. Use a little bit of silicone grease/lube.
http://www.pfadtracing.com/blog/wp-c...structions.pdf
Link to instructions for sway bar install from Pfadt website.
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To eliminate preload you need at least one adjustable link on each sway bar. Install one end link (either stock or adjustable one set to stock length) on one side. Drive car back and forth a few times to settle suspension. Drive up on ramps or 4-post lift so that you can get to the other end of the bar to install the other link. You want the full weight of the car on the wheels. (If you really want to be accurate, have the driver's weight in the seat.) Adjust the length of the second link so that the bolt slides in easily. Torque everything down and you're done.
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Uh... I sell endlinks, but if you are buying new ones because of noise after a bar swap, you are wasting your money (if that's the reason vs. getting adjustability). Simply put the pinch nuts on the links don't hold as well once taken of. So, use some blue loctite and no more noise. 
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Le Mans Master
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To eliminate preload you need at least one adjustable link on each sway bar. Install one end link (either stock or adjustable one set to stock length) on one side. Drive car back and forth a few times to settle suspension. Drive up on ramps or 4-post lift so that you can get to the other end of the bar to install the other link. You want the full weight of the car on the wheels. (If you really want to be accurate, have the driver's weight in the seat.) Adjust the length of the second link so that the bolt slides in easily. Torque everything down and you're done.
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The adjustable links aren't about corner balancing. (Corner balancing should be done with sway bars detatched.) They're for eliminating the preload. As long as the bolt attaching the second link slides into the hole easily with the full weight of the car on the tires, there isn't any preload on the bar. Set the first link close to stock and then adjust the second one so that it slides right in and you're done.