slow_2ed_gen

i've knowed of a blown shock on my driver's front for about a month. then it started handleing really loose up there and i blamed it on the shock then i was putting a differant set of wheels on my car today and i saw my front racingbeat swaybar was totoally disconnected from the endlink, thats lame lol. i bought new shocks today

this is me taking a hard right hander at the autox with a blown shock and a disconnected sway bar its kinda funny how much its rolling lol

NoDOHC

You said that you have a racing beat swaybar? Did a link break, or did the bolts come out. I may get one soon, and this could be very bad if they fail.

Black91n/a

Yep, that happened to me once. I'd just installed the bar the week before and hadn't checked the links again after. My links loosened a bit too after I installed my spherical bearing ones. Moral of the story, drive it for a couple days then re-torque everything.

NickCesar

blue loctite?

helghast7

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loctite tends to be a bitch and a half to remove after a while so i dont really like it, its not bad, just find an exit strategy too, i like the re-torque idea best, it gives it some break in time before it sets

myrx

just a week ago, it happened to my friends' car. it turned out that his mazda sway bar link was not installed properly and loose. so i suggests that have it checked and see if what's wrong. and be sure that it is properly tight and installed. good luck

coldfire

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maybe i'm just ****, but i never have a problem when i tighten things to spec with a torque wrench. i try to use it all the time...

toplessFC3Sman

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how about getting a bunch of nylock nuts in the right size, and just using them?

slow_2ed_gen

i still have stock end links and the nut just fell off nothing on the swaybar broke, i've got to get a new nut and i'm going to loctite the others too

when i installed it last year i used a torque wrench and test drove it and rechecked everything. i'm going to go over everything again with a torque wrench and loctite

coldfire

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if you get the Racing Beat adjustable endlinks they actually come with locknuts i do believe.

CyberPitz

Superglue it back in, problem solved!

Black91n/a

You CAN'T torque the S5 endlinks, because you need to have an allen key in there. I had tightened them up pretty well, but after the one came off that one time I re-torqued it all and never had another problem. I use all metal locknuts on my new links.

phoenix7

mine BROKE off. I don't know why but I've destroyed a STOCK swaybar link AND the RB adj. link. same side as you too.

CarzArKoo1

I have cusco, and it was good.

phoenix7

^^^ ok