 tarett swaybar stuff broke ..., anyone else had problems? |
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| SirAndy |
  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? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) Andy |
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| SirAndy |
Aug 4 2005, 12:49 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,205 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
drivers side:
note how the hime joint is stuck all the way towards the outside of the car. it was so much in bind that i could move it back by hand ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-11-1123180833.jpg) this is how it's supposed to line up with the car on the ground ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-11-1123180874.jpg) closeup. NOTE: how the U-Tab is bend to the left but the joint broke at full tilt to the right! i am guessing the tab bend to the left when the car was on the lift with the weight of the wheels and the joint hitting the top of the tab. then, when i hit whatever pothole it must have been, the joint moved all the way to the right under compression and snapped ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-11-1123180968.jpg) |
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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 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 
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