got a tri point sway bar set and the end links are not sealed, should I get some of the seals from bakerprecision:
http://www.bakerprecision.com/rodacc.htm

and put them on for the same proncipal they are put on the toe links...to prevent premature wear from road grit/grim.

 

by the way, anyone else have this kit with the balck spacers you see int eh pic above? they seem like plastic!!! are they coated metal? or are they only placeholders?

 

damian,

my car is at the shop so I can't look under the car...

I think those spacers where there but i can't be sure. DamonB is under his car alot and probably remembers...though he might be a bit hung over today

I think the seals are a great idea as Damon mentioned wear on his in an old thread in the suspension section...

Let me know the size so I can order a set also.

 

thanks for the reply 7racer, I'll ask tri point for the size.

 

Damian, I can't see dust seals hurting anything. Seems like a good idea if you're driving on regular roads.

Regarding the spacers, my TP bar came with the conical spacers, but they were either aluminum or plated steel, not plastic. Maybe yours are anodized aluminum?

 

artowar, i did check and they are metal, just coated or anodized

rubber seal size - i am pretty sure it is 5/8", i am going to order some in that size from http://www.bakerprecision.com/rodacc.htm right now...

 

I am not sure how the seals are sized, but I would guess that it would be by the hole in the ball. Those rod ends are nowhere near 5/8" in bolt hole size. I think they are somewhere in the 3/8 - 7/16 - 1/2 range.

-Max

 

ohh crap, i may have ordered the wrong size then...
I guessed the size by taking the nut off my 5/8" harness eye bolt and fitting it on the endlink bolt, same size... so I matched the numbers wrong huh?

 

hmmm, are you sure max? i was also followinig this thread for the size and 5/8" seemed right:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=161591

I think the rod ends have a 5/8" hole.....

 

FWIW the Tripoint bar I have has (expensive) 3 piece teflon lined rod ends and they have lasted longer than 2 sets of aftermarket toe links. I have not bothered to seal them.

The conical washers are steel or aluminum. They are there to prevent the rod end body from binding as the suspension moves around.

 

Not on my Tripoint bar...I don't know the size off the top of my head but I know the aftermarket rear toe links have 5/8" bores and the drop links on the sway bar are certainly smaller.

 

ok, im a dork, the 5/8" is the size of the eye hole opening in my harness bolts, so i was takng a number that did not make sence one i though about it twice... the size of the bolt is 3/8"...so ill have to correct my order.

 

I thought that seat belt hardware (including harness eye bolts and the holes in my Japanese car that they very surprisingly thread right into ) were standardized at 7/16"-20.

-Max

 

yep, u are right max, read my post above, it was the eye hole openg that was 5/8", like i said, im a dork, wasnt thinking, just using the number.

 

ok, i take that back, i might have been write, at least in terms of matching sizes....i just got he 3/8" seals from baker and they are to small.... darn it. the right size looks like 7/16"