broken endlink....AGAIN..and this time, its worse - TriStateTuners.com :: Home of Tristate Auto Enthusiast

CleanNeon98 · 05-22-2007, 01:59 PM

Why does this keep happening to me...i replaced them 2k miles ago or so, and today one snapped...here is a pic

What could this have been caused by? maybe just not being tightened enough? it happened when i did a hard shift into 2nd gear

05Accent · 05-22-2007, 02:02 PM

seriously how are u driving this car for them to "just break" like that..

CleanNeon98 · 05-22-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 05Accent

seriously how are u driving this car for them to "just break" like that..

hard

Snoozie · 05-22-2007, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98

hard

Well there lies the answer to "why does this keep happening to me."

Arent you upgrading the swaybar soon anyway?

TurboTagTeam · 05-22-2007, 02:18 PM

Learn to drive correctly, end links dont just snap. I had 32mm bars on my civic, and they never broke.

CleanNeon98 · 05-22-2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BluMeanie

Well there lies the answer to "why does this keep happening to me."

Arent you upgrading the swaybar soon anyway?

I am getting one for the rear, because from factory, the civic didnt come with one, and the rsx-s one bolts in perfectly. I guess il replace this when I do my drop in a week...is it OK to drive with it this way for the time being? my friend told me to remove the sway all together for now

BTW Mike, my sway is pretty big as well, but thats no matter. Its a 25.4

Snoozie · 05-22-2007, 02:34 PM

Its completly ok to run without a sway bar. Just dont go ripping around. Is this the front sway bar since it didnt come with one from the factory?

tjf · 05-22-2007, 02:39 PM

meh endlinks, who needs em

on a more serious note, if you just fixed the endlink maybe you had a faulty part or something if you paid to have it fixed id take it back to the shop that did it and show them

Broken5hift · 05-22-2007, 02:49 PM

as they say in technical terms, user error

markley02 · 05-22-2007, 02:58 PM

Pretty much everyone has already given you the answer. A Civic is not meant to be driven hard. Does anyone make a beefier endlink?

XxaltezzaxX · 05-22-2007, 03:00 PM

Yea get some beefer endlinks, maybe some polyurethane ones. It's alright to drive with out the links but don't go driving around like an ass.

RayArroyo · 05-22-2007, 03:17 PM

i never seen them break in the shape of a red x before

edit: picture is back

Scapegoat · 05-22-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Broken5hift

as they say in technical terms, user error

Or as IT departments like to call it...

I.D. 10-T error

CleanNeon98 · 05-22-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BluMeanie

Its completly ok to run without a sway bar. Just dont go ripping around. Is this the front sway bar since it didnt come with one from the factory?

Yes this happened on the front...the front there is a sway...

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Originally Posted by tjf

meh endlinks, who needs em

on a more serious note, if you just fixed the endlink maybe you had a faulty part or something if you paid to have it fixed id take it back to the shop that did it and show them

This was done as a DIY

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Originally Posted by Broken5hift

as they say in technical terms, user error

Yea...I think I dindt tighten them enough

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Originally Posted by markley02

Pretty much everyone has already given you the answer. A Civic is not meant to be driven hard. Does anyone make a beefier endlink?

Hotchkins does for the RSX but they are universal...a set of 4 is around 150 bux

Broken5hift · 05-22-2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98

Yea...I think I dindt tighten them enough

if anything i think you over tightened them

CleanNeon98 · 05-22-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Broken5hift

if anything i think you over tightened them

when they were undertightened, they kept getting loose and making noise, so I did em up all the way...il just have a shop do em over

BradC · 05-22-2007, 04:54 PM

why dont you find an FSM and torque specs and make sure the new ones are put on properly

99SL2_Modder · 05-22-2007, 05:03 PM

Bro, there should be movement in them. That looks like there's no movement in the joints and it's just shearing off when you torque the frame.

Wait, did I say torque in reference to a honda?

Anyway, those are some thin ass endlinks. IIRC, my front bar is that thick and I have no issues with mine snapping...then again, my car uses a better spring method...

CleanNeon98 · 05-22-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 99SL2_Modder

Bro, there should be movement in them. That looks like there's no movement in the joints and it's just shearing off when you torque the frame.

Wait, did I say torque in reference to a honda?

Anyway, those are some thin ass endlinks. IIRC, my front bar is that thick and I have no issues with mine snapping...then again, my car uses a better spring method...

they are same size as OEM ones that I replaced...i dindt know they were supposed to move because hwen they did, they got too lose, and made grinding noises

99SL2_Modder · 05-22-2007, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CleanNeon98

they are same size as OEM ones that I replaced...i dindt know they were supposed to move because hwen they did, they got too lose, and made grinding noises

Yeah man, they're supposed to swivel. That swaybar is meant to bend and twist. Since it's doing that, the ends have to be able to turn and move when the bar does. If it can't, they'll snap right the fug off like that.

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tjf Tri-State Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Member #2754 iTrader: (1)	meh endlinks, who needs em on a more serious note, if you just fixed the endlink maybe you had a faulty part or something if you paid to have it fixed id take it back to the shop that did it and show them

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