Question about T-Bars with aftermarket sways - SRT Forums

**Philth** · 05-08-2008, 10:49 PM

Guys,

I just installed my T-Bars along with the Hotchkis sways I have. The t bars are within cunt hairs of touching the sway bar. Is this okay? Would it be okay if I moved the spacer to the bottom so the 4 bushings are stacked on top of each other. If it was like this, it would be exactly like the Hotchkis front end links were set up.

Tony@FTP-Racing · 05-09-2008, 05:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Philth

Guys,

I just installed my T-Bars along with the Hotchkis sways I have. The t bars are within cunt hairs of touching the sway bar. Is this okay? Would it be okay if I moved the spacer to the bottom so the 4 bushings are stacked on top of each other. If it was like this, it would be exactly like the Hotchkis front end links were set up.

you should be ok in moving that spacer , if you can take a couple of pics of it so I can see exactly what you are talking about

Toofpaste39 · 05-09-2008, 06:16 PM

Here's another question. The car makes a clunk noise when I hit a pot hole and I am pretty sure it's the cross member making the noise. Could it be that the traction bars are hitting something?

Tony@FTP-Racing · 05-09-2008, 09:05 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Toofpaste39

Here's another question. The car makes a clunk noise when I hit a pot hole and I am pretty sure it's the cross member making the noise. Could it be that the traction bars are hitting something?

the t-bars should not be hitting anything however anything is possible , if you could take some pics of how yours are installed it should be pretty easy to tell if there are any clearance issues .

**Philth** · 05-11-2008, 01:59 PM

Tony/FTP,

Here's the pics:

BEFORE-

AFTER-

Note that in the "after" photo, this is exactly how Hotchkis' front end links are installed, minus the spacer and sleeve for the t-bar of course. Wouldn't be okay for everybody to install your t-bars like this to avoid any rubbing of the t-bars and sway bars? I only had mine on a few days and the powdercoat is already off of the bar where contact was made.

**Philth** · 05-11-2008, 07:26 PM

And here's a shot to where you can see the new spacing between the sway and t-bar:

**Philth** · 05-13-2008, 08:59 PM

??????????

Toofpaste39 · 05-14-2008, 01:30 AM

Did your car make any new noises when you installed the traction bars?

**Philth** · 05-14-2008, 08:58 AM

No not that I can hear

Gmanigio · 05-15-2008, 11:18 PM

Isnt the "Before" Setup the way sway bars are supposed to be installed? WIth the space inbetween?

**Philth** · 05-16-2008, 10:36 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Gmanigio

Isnt the "Before" Setup the way sway bars are supposed to be installed? WIth the space inbetween?

Yeah the before is the way FTP originally stated. However, the Hotchkis front sway bar is a lot thicker and rubs on the traction bar.

srthawk21 · 05-25-2008, 09:49 PM

I have the same noise problem when i hit a pot hole.........

tiny99 · 06-05-2008, 09:21 PM

Me too... just heard a huge clunk hitting a small pothole today... I installed the T-bars last week. The noise was so loud I thought I broke something...

Quick question, when your at the pretension part, are you supposed to make them longer or shorter to add pretension??

Toofpaste39 · 06-06-2008, 02:26 AM

Where would this noise come from? End links? Traction bar?

tiny99 · 06-06-2008, 06:36 AM

It is actually hard to say for my part... I would need to stick a midget with a walkie-talkie under my car while I'm driving.

Joking aside, it's hard to tell where it is comming from. The clunk only happens when I hit small pothole. If I'm turning at the seame time the sound gets very worse

So pretension... by shortening or lenghtening?? Please help a poor fellow that is completely mind puzzled...