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Hey all. I bought a 27mm front sway bar from SK as part of the group buy, had a lot of drama's putting it in since the bushes supplied didnt fit the bar so i had to use the stock bushes. I mounted the bar up on the medium setting and i have found it to be too stiff, so now i want to put it on the softest setting and its bloody hard to get the pin in there since the pin and the blade aree now at extreme angles.

took me around an hour and several pry bars to get the pin in.. this is with the wheel off and a jack under the LCA on both sides to take the weight off the bar itself. in fact i tried several different ways and its all too bloody hard.

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swaylinkei7.jpg

swaylink2qq8.jpg

see what i mean... is this right? cause it doesnt look right to me.

Whats the go

On the hardest setting on the swaybar the pin is vertical

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Roy Grand Master

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You really need to use aftermarket links which have a longer threaded section which means you can adjust the length. Its important to maintain the arm parallel to the ground so you really need to be able to adjust the length of the arm.

The bushes on mine were a pain in the ass as well. I found it was easier to just mod the saddle by opening it up a little so the bush can still be used but not such a ball ache to install.

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lol ball ache. yes i had that X 2

tried opening the saddles... to the point where the bolt holes wouldnt line up and the damn thing still wouldnt fit with the bar in it. I think i got the wrong bushes plain and simple.

question is. are the links suppose to come with the kit or is that extra? The rears came with links and they work a treat!

It would be pretty average if i had to pay extra for links-

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The softest adjustment holes are a bit of a stretch, that's normal.

The pictures are taking with the supension at full droop.

The stretch isn't as great when the suspension is at normal ride height.

:dry: cheers :)

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SK: acctually the pics were taken with the susp at ride height, i had a trolly jack under each LCA (you can see one in the bottom LH corner of the 2nd pic) jacking the susp right up until it was off the axle stand.

DJR: wish mine were that simple

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