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> tarett swaybar stuff broke ..., anyone else had problems?
SirAndy
post Jul 25 2005, 01:10 PM
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so on my way to the AX saturday i noticed a "clunk" sound from the frontend, like i had lost something.
i had this happen before, bolt came lose on the swaybar droplink, so i thought that was it ...

when i get to the AX site and change tires, i see the droplink hanging all weird so i take a closer look and the lower hime joint has broken. the thread just snapped off the joint.
i then continue to change the tire on the other side and it's exactly the same! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

both hime joints broke in the exact same location. that seems too odd to be coincidence.
i must have hit something *really* hard for that to happen, but i can't remember running over any bad potholes etc.

anyone else had problems before?
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SirAndy   tarett swaybar stuff broke ...   Jul 25 2005, 01:10 PM
Cloudbuster   Didn't you weld on the u-tabs rotated 90 degre...   Jul 25 2005, 01:18 PM
ArtechnikA   my rant on "everybody else's" 8mm-5/16" dropli...   Jul 25 2005, 01:25 PM
Dave_Darling   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Jul 25 2005, 01:38 PM
ChrisReale   ...   Aug 2 2005, 10:05 PM
Ira Ramin   Andy, Your explanation makes full sense, and I’v...   Aug 3 2005, 11:27 PM
Dave_Darling   Now, that, my friends, is what I call Customer Ser...   Aug 3 2005, 11:53 PM
McMark   Way to go IRA! Your stock just jumped big tim...   Aug 4 2005, 01:27 AM
SteveSr   I was considering a Tarett bar for my car,now I kn...   Aug 4 2005, 08:45 AM
Series9   Yep, that'll do it for me too. The RS is gett...   Aug 4 2005, 09:25 AM
Mueller     Aug 4 2005, 09:30 AM
Series9     Aug 4 2005, 09:45 AM
Mueller     Aug 4 2005, 09:55 AM
Series9   I see. Well that sucks. I had already pretty muc...   Aug 4 2005, 09:59 AM
ArtechnikA   all about the same; if you really want to support ...   Aug 4 2005, 10:08 AM
SirAndy   alright, let me say first that i really apprechiat...   Aug 4 2005, 12:45 PM
SirAndy   drivers side: note how the hime joint is stuck al...   Aug 4 2005, 12:49 PM
SirAndy   pass side: same here, hime joint was stuck toward...   Aug 4 2005, 12:53 PM
SirAndy   and out of the car ... http://www.914world.com/bb...   Aug 4 2005, 12:54 PM
Mueller   I wonder if moving the link out .25" to .375" woul...   Aug 4 2005, 12:55 PM
SirAndy   so it looks like all i need is two lower hime-join...   Aug 4 2005, 12:57 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 12:59 PM
J P Stein   I've been running Ira's bar in the front o...   Aug 4 2005, 01:00 PM
SirAndy   ...   Aug 4 2005, 01:06 PM
Dave_Darling   Pics of the actual failure site may be able to tel...   Aug 4 2005, 01:13 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 01:38 PM
Cloudbuster   I figure the lower heim joint broke off while it w...   Aug 4 2005, 02:00 PM
airsix     Aug 4 2005, 02:22 PM
Mueller   how about having 2 sets of U-tabs?   Aug 4 2005, 02:29 PM
Dave_Darling   It's tough to tell from the pics (mostly due t...   Aug 4 2005, 02:49 PM
john rogers   Has anyoner snapped a bolt off? Remember what hepp...   Aug 4 2005, 03:10 PM
airsix   I don't think heim joints are compatible with ...   Aug 4 2005, 03:13 PM
Cloudbuster   Even if the droplink is shortened, the mounting po...   Aug 4 2005, 03:53 PM
jkeyzer   Maybe the solution is a different diameter bar??? ...   Aug 4 2005, 04:04 PM
SirAndy   i like the idea of U-Tabs that are simply wider pl...   Aug 4 2005, 04:07 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 04:08 PM
Demick     Aug 4 2005, 04:15 PM
Demick   Another consideration is that the lower heim joint...   Aug 4 2005, 04:20 PM
SirAndy   here's another observation .... the way the t...   Aug 4 2005, 04:23 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 04:24 PM
Demick     Aug 4 2005, 04:31 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 04:34 PM
jonwatts   Is our application different than a 911? I'm c...   Aug 4 2005, 04:35 PM
john rogers   The upper mount being tight against the sway bar i...   Aug 4 2005, 04:39 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 05:26 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 05:38 PM
Cloudbuster   The problem is that the upper heim joint is fixed ...   Aug 4 2005, 05:47 PM
McMark   Did the heim joint run into the UTab or the spacer...   Aug 4 2005, 06:08 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 06:14 PM
McMark   On the bottom. The top seems irrelevant, since it...   Aug 4 2005, 06:27 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 06:29 PM
Demick     Aug 4 2005, 07:10 PM
Ira Ramin   Lets keep in mind that my picture is with my u-tab...   Aug 4 2005, 07:20 PM
jonwatts   I wonder if this is all just a matter of the facto...   Aug 4 2005, 07:24 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 07:47 PM
SirAndy   ...   Aug 4 2005, 07:57 PM
SirAndy   sideways   Aug 4 2005, 07:58 PM
Demick   <...   Aug 4 2005, 07:59 PM
Demick   so clearly the heim hit the spacers before hitting...   Aug 4 2005, 08:01 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 08:02 PM
Cloudbuster   It looks as if those u-tabs ARE too far inboard. ...   Aug 4 2005, 08:27 PM
Eric_Shea   Those U-Tabs look to be about 1/2" too far inward ...   Aug 4 2005, 08:31 PM
SirAndy   ...   Aug 4 2005, 08:35 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 10:34 PM
trekkor     Aug 4 2005, 11:03 PM
trekkor   Here's the lower mounts installed below the s...   Aug 4 2005, 11:12 PM
SirAndy     Aug 4 2005, 11:19 PM
trekkor   I have never raced with the stock u-tabs. When I ...   Aug 5 2005, 12:22 AM
Ira Ramin   Ok Andy, I have an idea that will solve your probl...   Aug 5 2005, 07:48 AM
SirAndy   ...   Aug 5 2005, 09:58 AM
Jeroen   here's a pic of the location of the stock u-ta...   Aug 5 2005, 01:42 PM
SirAndy     Aug 5 2005, 02:26 PM
Jeroen   I just took a look at my tarret droplinks (have be...   Aug 5 2005, 02:32 PM


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