Post a pic of the full setup (swaybar+subfram+LCAs) with info on how much your car is lowered. The swaybar shouldn't be touching the LCA. Silly question but is your swaybar upside down ?
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Originally Posted by civlowwer
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Post a pic of the full setup (swaybar+subfram+LCAs) with info on how much your car is lowered. The swaybar shouldn't be touching the LCA. Silly question but is your swaybar upside down ?
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Originally Posted by civlowwer
Is this an older design - non-angled unlike our whiteline setups (to clear the very "touching LCA" issue we speak of) - some KMAC swaybars are like this...
OR yes, it is obviously installed upside-down !
still - post up pix of the enitre subframe plz !
Come to GPC one day, pull out the bolts and ill find some ones to replace.Quote:
Originally Posted by luzinit
Thats where i got mine from.
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Originally Posted by bennjamin
you shouldnt get this problem if its the whiteline bar
here's one off whiteline
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9015/untitled7qj.png
here's mine
http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/9559/dsc001624wf.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1193/dsc001638ur.jpg
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6444/dsc001644zv.jpg
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/6998/dsc001658ou.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2553/dsc001617li.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6696/dsc001665gd.jpg
the car sit very low under the body, its' about 50-60mm, i have HD systems coilovers, with omni-power camber kit for the rear, whiteline (BHR76) rear swaybar, with different springs in, it sits on the ground. atm the car is sitting alot higher due to the rear swaybar rubbing.
Specs on my car when standard:
1997 Honda Civic GLi Sedan EK1 with front oem swaybar and no rear swaybar.
Ahh - try installing your swaybar the opposite way- take off the bar and install it "upside-down" And , it will not creak /rub the LCA at all :) Should be fine after that -
Hi All,
Don't mean to barge in... just picked this up by accident.
civlowwer,
It looks like you have mounted the chassis brackets back to front. The metal tubes which are welded to these brackets must be between the bracket and the chassis.
The sway bar itself looks fine, it is not upside down.
Best of luck.
Regards,
Wojtek.
Nice spot Whitleline. Guess working there helps ay :)
how long have you been driving around with it rubbing? you should of noticed it was wrong when the swaybar was rubbing on the LCA. rofl.Quote:
Originally Posted by civlowwer
" swaybar is not upside down, the mounts r back to front" ROFL!
anyways mines was still creaking, same as tonys. i grease eveyrthing up etc and yesterday i thought maybe my mounts were loose so i chucked a spanner on em and to my surprise they were a lil loose. i have since tightened em up and there is no noise at all, woot.
lol. i guess uve tried that tony
Guess you have to update your diy Trav. Tighten everything! I need to double check mine as well.
ok i FINALLY fixed this thing.
after numerous tries at JUST relubing the D bushings and bolts evenly to no avail, we jacked it up today, set the swaybar to the stiffer setting of 24mm, so it actually clears the LCA abit better.
took off the bushings, wiped it clean and relubed and tightened the bolts, make sure u dont tighten it too tight to warp the bushings. umm, from previous times that ive retigthened the mounts, the bracket was actually bent, so straightened those out with a hammer.
that fixed out most of the creaking/popping associated with going over uneven inclines etc.
and finally, tubby n i jumped up n down on my car whilst slim listened for lil minor squeaks, seemed to have come from where the LCA mounts to the subframe, sprayed a SHITLOAD of silicon spray, and all good!!!
NO MORE SQUEAKS and creaks. thank goodness, was really starting to hate my car.
props to slim n tubby for helping out, champs (Y)
mods can close this if u guys want, hopefully it will help alot of others out there too, as i know its DAMN annoying.