T1 sway bars install help
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Racer
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From: Ca
T1 sway bars install help
I bought set of used T1 c5 sway bars and before I remove the stock Z06 bars I need to know if the stock u clamps bolts are long enough or do I need to get longer ones. The reason for my concern is the larger size of the T1 bar.
Do you know any tricks or short cuts for installing?
Thanks,
George
Do you know any tricks or short cuts for installing?
Thanks,
George
Pro
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: VA
The clamps should work just fine, the issue may be the bushings. The T1 are larger in diameter? Yes? Maybe close enough it won't matter.
I recently upgraded my end links to metal ones. (I have a '99 and it had the plastic ones). It should/ could be a half hour job. The nuts on my end links were very rusted and stubborn. My plastic end links had a torex bit to hold the stud still and 18mm wrench for the nut. ( two of which stripped the torex out, I cut those off with a small cutting wheel).The new ones I got from Gene Culley did not have the torex, instead it had to a small wrench. (don't remember the size). The new ones also had room on the back for an 18mm wrench( it looks like a washer with two flat sides). An 18mm open end wrench and 18mm gear wrench were the ticket to installing the new ones. Use the open end on the two flat sides, and the gear wrench on the nut.
I'm waiting for poly bushings, they were back ordered every where. Summit had the shortest back order of 10 days on the front and 11 days on the rear.
I recently upgraded my end links to metal ones. (I have a '99 and it had the plastic ones). It should/ could be a half hour job. The nuts on my end links were very rusted and stubborn. My plastic end links had a torex bit to hold the stud still and 18mm wrench for the nut. ( two of which stripped the torex out, I cut those off with a small cutting wheel).The new ones I got from Gene Culley did not have the torex, instead it had to a small wrench. (don't remember the size). The new ones also had room on the back for an 18mm wrench( it looks like a washer with two flat sides). An 18mm open end wrench and 18mm gear wrench were the ticket to installing the new ones. Use the open end on the two flat sides, and the gear wrench on the nut.
I'm waiting for poly bushings, they were back ordered every where. Summit had the shortest back order of 10 days on the front and 11 days on the rear.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: VA
Steve just said the T1 end links are completely different. I have never seen any, so I have no idea. That may be a good thing if you have some stubborn ones like I did and have to cut them off. Just giving you the heads up that taking the old ones off to install the new bars might take longer than you would expect for what equates to 8 nuts.
What's the diameter of the front T1 bar? rear T1 bar? I could easily find the bushings on summits site. I got good at searching for those parts and saved a few pages.
Last edited by XXXLTRP; May 29, 2009 at 12:28 PM.
