SUSP: Front Sway Endlink replacement

[HATCHing]

Just did mine this past month... order mine from Autozone, Energy Suspension brand link bushings for about $18.99 + tax.

[Bad_dude]

If the nut has nylon or is a lock style then you shouldnt need loctite. If its not then id put loctite blue.

As for anti seize, I dont put it. But I dont live in rust prone snow areas.

Should have known, you live in CA as I do. Fullerton.

[Bad_dude]

Just did mine this past month... order mine from Autozone, Energy Suspension brand link bushings for about $18.99 + tax.

I found at my Autozone for $20.99 plus tax.

[blazenem]

im doing the full front kit right now. if i remember to take good pics ill do a DIY...its a pita for the other stuff but the end links look like cake...

[drew12000]

This is what I received from prothane. Honda accord endlink kit 90-97. 8-402

The bushings seem small. And shouldn't there be two spacers included in this kit?

[Night Wolf]

btw if your cars really lowered, take out the spacer in the middle. youll fuck up the bushings cuz itll be at an extreme angle when under load

[xkjnboix]

thanks night wolf ima add that to the 1st post.

[drew12000]

How much is really lowered?

What about shaving the spacer down, depending on how low the car is?

[xkjnboix]

if your front fender is 24" from ground level i would say remove the spacer. thats how low i am in my sig.

[Bad_dude]

Missing center spacers with the Prothane 8-402BL kit.

My OEM endlinks are all cracked but not all the way broken or missing. So I wanted to replace them with poly bushings. I bought the Prothane 8-402BL from ebay which came in a box with Prothane label on the box. It came with 8 black bushings, 8 washers, long through bolt, and 2 lock nuts. They don't have the center spacers. I look around and Prothane endlinks for our cars do not come with the spacers. But the instructions seem to have them. So who used Prothane without the spacers? Would the spacers important or effect function?
The Energy Suspension and OEM comes with the center spacers.
Here are the links to the parts.
-Prothane 8-402BL Endlinks.
-Prothane 8-402 detail parts pic.
-Energy Suspension Endlinks.

Thanks.

[i want my cb9]

mine did not come with them eather, seems to run fine for me without any issues but im stock height tho.

[xkjnboix]

the prothane kit is different from energy suspension kit. the ES kit has more curved washers and i want to say larger bushings and it also comes with the spacers. if you are 0 wheel gap - tucking tire i recommend removing the spacer. i felt an instant improvement in handling after removing them.

the bar sits at an extreme angle with the spacer at a substantial height drop.

[sideswipe]

I've had my ES endlink set for a few weeks now and finally installed them yesterday. Def needed it since my 21 yr old stock set was shot...



The issue I'm needing to resolve now is if 1...should I have installed the spacer and 2...do they need to be tightened more anyways. Here's a pic of what it looks like now...



It seems to be riding ok like this, I'm just needing to know if I should adjust/change anything. When I ordered the endlink kit and sway bar bushing kit from Advance Auto they somehow ordered the wrong 1s. Since I had already removed the stock endlinks, I just decided to use the bushings from the ES kit with the stock bolt & nut but without the spacer. My car has a 1-finger gap and is sitting on 17"s with 205/40/17 tires so I wasn't so sure if I should or shouldn't use the spacer or not. The ES sway bar bushings were too big so I just cleaned up, inspected and reinstalled the stock 1s since they were in perfect shape still. Any help would be appreciated.

[sideswipe]

Nevermind...after just a day with this setup I decided to get some new hardware from the local hardware store. Picked up 2 8 grade M10 4" bolts, 2 M10 lock nuts and 6 M10 washers and proceeded to remove and reinstall this setup. Basicly the stock bolts were too small in diameter for the ES bushings and they whole setup wasn't sitting as it I felt it should. With the M10 bolts the bushings fit very nicely with a little grease on them. I also didn't have the spacers on before which is why I picked up the washers...3 washers thickness = spacer thickness. Today was the 1st day I drove my car since I usually don't on the weekends and it felt much better than it had with the busted up stock endlinks on. Anyways, here's a pic of how it is sitting now.....