curtbriggs

I have custom adjustable bars on my C5 6M coupe and I wonder if the others with metal bar ends have the road noise that I do. The rougher the road texture the louder the noise is. I have a wide body kit and ZR1 size wheels and Michelin PS 2 ZP ZR1 size tires. The handling is unbelievable and I don't care about the road noise but in your case you won't like it.
Cheers, Curt

C5 Diag

Time for a C-5

I replaced my worn bar ends with the metal ones. I did them at the same time as shocks. The combo snugged things up nicely. No extra road noise either.

runner140*

The perfect ride....I think its a great fit.

ArtClassShank

I'd like to bump this older thread to comment on MOOG endlinks.

For the past 6 months I've had your classic sway-bar clunking noise, it's gotten worse and worse as the roads get worse and worse via plowing. I went over my front end last weekend and greased my end-links, tie rods, and my leaf spring bushings. Didn't help at all!

So this weekend, I removed the swaybar and end-links entirely and went for a little drive around the neighborhood. It was the end-links! My 1.5 year old MOOG p/n K750136 endlinks were binding and making a ton of noise! They had been greased 3 times over the 18ish months I had them. The ball joints in the links is still very stiff and tight, but very rough as you move through their range. Both MOOG boxes said "Made in Mexico" on them, not sure if thats of any importance.

Luckily I had kept my stock end-links around, I threw them on and they were perfectly quiet! The bushings are torn on them so it's a bit of a temporary fix.

Google "MOOG quality decline" and you'll see that this is becoming pretty common for a formerly high quality aftermarket parts manufacturer. They were the "good" Problem solver line!

Anyways, food for thought, thinking I'll just stick to OEM endlinks from now on...

mellojoe

I believe this is due to the style of joint. I believe that the heim-joints are noisy and will clunk anyway. Heim joint will always clunk because it's just metal on metal. They will outlast ball-socket style in terms of performance but you have to be able to not mind the clunk from time to time. I'm not defending MOOG if, indeed, their quality has dropped over the years. But this is a debate I'm having with myself on whether to get the Heim style or get the older bushing style. I'm even reading that regreasable doesn't really do too much since by the time the grease really breaks down (or if the rubber starts cracking and leaking), its probably just worth it to replace them anyway since they are so easy, inexpensive to do so. As far as the debate continues to rage, I might just buy OEM style, get it over with, and then plan on replacing them every other year or three.

ArtClassShank

I went with ProForged endlinks 2nd time around. Oh boy doing endlinks 3 times was fun!

They seem to be a newer brand, but very quality. Boots look very tough, and the overall piece seems pretty rugged. No zerks fittings, but that's fine with me.