FM Sways
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FM Sways
Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy
HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY
Wimpy, wimpy wimpy
HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY
I placed the endlink bolts to give me a little understeer... cause I ain't no hardcore drifter yo
Anyway, I was torquing down the nuts on the rear bar brackets and... BAM
Sheared the end of the bolt right off. The recommended tq is 20 ft-lb and if ANYTHING I might have twisted the handle on the tq wrench to 25 at most, but I'm pretty sure it was set at 20 since I had torqued the rest of the nuts and checked the handle to make sure it was still set correctly. This is my luck
So today I had to run an errand for my boss, came back and jacked the car up to replace the radiator and found the result of driving with 3 bolts instead of 4 holding the sway bar mounts in place. The bracket bent and the bar is now rubbing against the frame.
In that last picture you can see the other side of the bolt.... My plan is to drill the rest of the bolt out, buy a normal bolt and weld it in. Looks like I'm gonna have to drop the exhaust to fit a drill up there though.
HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY
Wimpy, wimpy wimpy
HEFTY HEFTY HEFTY
I placed the endlink bolts to give me a little understeer... cause I ain't no hardcore drifter yo
Anyway, I was torquing down the nuts on the rear bar brackets and... BAM
Sheared the end of the bolt right off. The recommended tq is 20 ft-lb and if ANYTHING I might have twisted the handle on the tq wrench to 25 at most, but I'm pretty sure it was set at 20 since I had torqued the rest of the nuts and checked the handle to make sure it was still set correctly. This is my luck
So today I had to run an errand for my boss, came back and jacked the car up to replace the radiator and found the result of driving with 3 bolts instead of 4 holding the sway bar mounts in place. The bracket bent and the bar is now rubbing against the frame.
In that last picture you can see the other side of the bolt.... My plan is to drill the rest of the bolt out, buy a normal bolt and weld it in. Looks like I'm gonna have to drop the exhaust to fit a drill up there though.
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When I was installing my Racing Beat swaybars,the same **** happened to me with the rear bolts,except I managed to snap two of them(my Snap-on techwrench was set to 15 ft-lbs).Fixing it was easy,it's just removing the freshly installed sway bar and the exhaust that was a pain.
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they are spot welded in place. broke one 6 years ago on the driver side then a few months ago i broke another on the passenger side, same car. cut stud flat with dremel and drilled out. replaced with nut and bolt.
#15
Rick, how did you like the performance of them?
I JUST installed mine, i was less then SUPER enthused about them initially,
then the harder i took turns the more i became impressed, but i kind of expected more,
iunno
what did you think?
EDIT: Forgot, i mean the sways, not the links
I JUST installed mine, i was less then SUPER enthused about them initially,
then the harder i took turns the more i became impressed, but i kind of expected more,
iunno
what did you think?
EDIT: Forgot, i mean the sways, not the links
Last edited by TeamPLUR; 11-14-2007 at 12:07 AM. Reason: lack of specificity
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I bought a pair of them from TDR. You only need one for each bar, regardless of what anyone tells you. The car was most stable over bumps judging from back-to-back sessions on the track. Its not a big deal, just nice to have the adjustability. You'll probably never notice the change. Its proably good for .00000001 seconds.
#17
I have the FM bars on my Miata. Set on soft in front, and medium in the rear. It's perfectly neutral.
What kind of times do you run on the 3.1? My buddy took my car out there and ran a 2:39.8 on SM Hoosiers. He ran faster (caught an Evo8 that was running 2:36-2:37s), but didn't get the times for them.
I bought a pair of them from TDR. You only need one for each bar, regardless of what anyone tells you. The car was most stable over bumps judging from back-to-back sessions on the track. Its not a big deal, just nice to have the adjustability. You'll probably never notice the change. Its proably good for .00000001 seconds.
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Rick, how did you like the performance of them?
I JUST installed mine, i was less then SUPER enthused about them initially,
then the harder i took turns the more i became impressed, but i kind of expected more,
iunno
what did you think?
EDIT: Forgot, i mean the sways, not the links
I JUST installed mine, i was less then SUPER enthused about them initially,
then the harder i took turns the more i became impressed, but i kind of expected more,
iunno
what did you think?
EDIT: Forgot, i mean the sways, not the links
PS ~ I ground down the bolt and drilled a new hole so all is well
Last edited by RickA; 11-14-2007 at 09:10 PM.