Did my clutch recently, sway bar end-links were back ordered, just got them, and I am finally getting to replacing them and I ran into some trouble.
the gap there on the bottom just doesn't look right. I had to use a jack to compress the bushings to even get the nut threaded on.
My old ones went on easy because they were shot. These are the Fiero Store bushings, which are 1/2" longer.
all this has me wondering, did I put my sway bar in backwards? It looks correct to me. See how it is shaped around the muffler? I do have a new exhaust system though and it could be slightly different from stock.
Here's a picture from above.
can anyone just look in the back of their 88GT and confirm that mine is correctly installed or not? I've checked all the manuals i have and scoured the internet for a picture like the one i took from above and am not having a lot of luck.
Ill look tomorrow i have a cradle with the bar bolted on. Also i think it would be upside down not backwards. But i think this looks right. Maybe try the old spacer with new bolt and polly get it torqued and see how it looks.
Looks like you have the bar oriented correctly. But it also looks like the suspension is at full droop, plus the new endlinks are too long. Both of those things combined will angle the bar quite a bit.
Thanks, Patrick. Obviously, I didn't catch that in his first post.
It does look like his swaybar is mounted upside down, though. The end paddles should be flat to the suspension and the only way to verify that is that the suspension be loaded as Blacktree points out.
I believe you have it upside down. The mounts should be bending towards the ground. I just went through this myself with my 88 cradle build. Additionally some zero-lash endlinks from Rodeny will improve that setup as well.
Duh, your s is bending towards the ground....
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I believe you have it upside down. The mounts should be bending towards the ground. I just went through this myself with my 88 cradle build. Additionally some zero-lash endlinks from Rodeny will improve that setup as well.
They look like they are bending towards the ground to me
Well boys I decided to swap in the old spacers because they fit easier, were stock, and appeared to be fine. I realized I had the bushings on upside down, so the flat side was facing the sway bar and not the rounded side.
It probably doesn't matter. I won't be on any autocross courses anytime soon.
Here are some photos of uncompressed vs compressed suspension.
She'll run just fine. I've got other things to worry about.
Your sway bar is installed properly. The notch in the bar is to clear the rear transmission mount which yours does.
You can always cut down the center sleeve to level the ends out at ride height. You might need to get a shorter bolt depending on how much shorter you make it.
Glad you got it sorted out. Just to confirm, looks about the same as mine on my Formula. I put my bolts in upside down because these (slightly) adjustable links had longer bolts, and there appeared to be more clearance that way. I should have probably cut them down, but didn't think of that at the time.
