Replacement Rear Sway Bar End Links

A local shop put my front endlinks back on with an impact gun. I used a breaker bar on it and was damn near turning my bhole inside out trying to get it loose. I rounded the nut and put a nice ding in the crease of my passenger fender. Never will I go there again or be lazy enough to not install car parts myself.

 

Woof; using an impact seems like massive overkill for just a set of endlinks.

 

i used an impact on mine once or twice...i don't remember if it was the 3/8 or 1/2 drive, though.

 

That's exactly what i mean,
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For the front i assume? I don't know how you could possibly get an impact on the rear set with out some Machiavellian series of universal joints and extensions.

 

You can do it on the bottom link in the rear

 

Most people already realize this, but make sure to do it with the suspension in an even position; not one side jacked up. Ideally, you do it on a lift with both rear wheels supported and the car sitting at ride height.

 

I don't have a lift but I got these really shitty wheel ramps from Walmart for like 30 bucks. Jack the car up lower it on the ramps and no ride height wheel with work room underneath. It would be nice if I could back on to them but current drop height wouldn't permit something that simple

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It also works to take off the wheels and put the car on stands. Then you can use Jacks to lift the control arms. It puts the suspension under load but gives you more room to work.

 

I park my car at the very edge of the garage with the ass hanging out. With my sloped driveway I can lay down and have enough clearance to tighten them down. I did manage to snap one of the Mmog replacements by not using my torque wrench.

 

It seems like a lot of people have trouble with the end links at some point, be they Moog or OEM, and I hardly ever see beefier ones brought up. I was planning on getting a set of these when I upgrade my RSB. Is there a reason why these wouldn't be a viable alternative?

http://store.awrracing.com/adjustab...aspeed3-2004-2009-rear-aftermarket-sway-bars/

 

FWIH, given the nature of their design, they're prone to be noisy. It doesn't mean they're broken or anything; just a normal operation noises.

 

Just found this thread....I had posted about this elsewhere, as I broke 2 different new OEM end links, bought the Whiteline, as I didn’t know about the Moog. Whitelines are crazy loud when loading the suspension...sounds like something is breaking back there. Now that I know, I can live with the noise....they aren’t going anywhere!


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I have been running these for a year plus without any noise or issues on the CS sway bar at max setting.

 

Update: I installed the front and rear frame brace sold here and all of the noise from the Whiteline sway bar end links. Weird but true!


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Gone through 2 sets of OEM since 2011 on my gen 1. Never had issues other than normal wear. Running a JBR RSB on its stiffest setting.

Quality bushings and good grease will go a long way too.

 

I’ve read the front end links by Moog tend to fail quite early in their lifespan, does this also go for the rears or do they tend to last longer? I’m either ordering the Moogs or heading to Mazda and buy some OE rear end links depending on feedback.

 

I'm one my third set of moogs in probably 4 years... I know I'm not the only one next time I have to replace them I'll be doing OEM

 

so the rears fail just as often as the fronts eh? That sucks as it would be convienient to order from Amazon.

 

Moog vs OEM yes doesn't matter if rear or front, however from what I've seen it posts over the years the rear end links tend to fail more in general especially if running upgraded sway bar. Now I do have a upgraded rear sway bar and stock front sway bar, still on original front end links at 127k km.

Edit: inclined to checkout the endlinks Johnny T linked above

 

I've read a lot of conflicting information about those moogs - but the Amazon reviews, along with your experience, doesn't do much to boost my confidence in them. I'm planning on sticking with OEM, but I was curious about fitment with lowered cars.