TechSX

http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/at...chmentid=43887

Found this on a site I was browsing through today and since we share so many parts with the 03+ Accords, I figured I'll post it up.

cl7tsx

Hmmmm...those stabilizer links look suspiciously familiar.

I wonder if a similar TSB will be released for the TSX? The stabilizer links on the TSX always looked a bit flimsy to me...

yuhoo22

doh! another TSB? Wonder how this affects the guys with the Comptech and Progressive RSB?

jlukja

Careful, its for the Accord not the TSX (although they are similar)

yuhoo22

yeah, i am hoping this doesn't affect us.....

kurt_bradley

I haven't even seen a draft of a TSB for us yet. Maybe it won't happen. You'll usually see a draft version a couple weeks before they post the official bulletin. Nothing yet...

GIBSON6594

If we do get one, what are the chances of them fixing it if we have a RSB?

vwong

If the links do break in my car (with Progress swaybar), I'll just make my own links with heim joints.

Master47

Sorry for the ignorant question. What is the easiest way to see the sway bar links? I have a rattle from the rear end that only seems to happen on rolling-type bumps that compress the rear springs a bit. This also happens when I take a sharp turn sometimes, or even going over a rolling dip in the road. I have heard of others on here having a rattle from back there, and they found one or both of their links broken. BTW - I only have 1250 miles on the car.

kaikai114

This problem has happened to me and another TSX member. I had my left end link replaced under warranty while the other member had his right rear replaced. So it may have something to do with our TSX.

-KC

moda_way

For those with SB, it could be a case to say they won't warranty it, but it is a simple enough switch back to the original bar and problem solved.

Another reason to keep your OEM parts handy. :-)

bz268

Mine (left rear) was broken long time ago and I replaced it myself for $35 buck.

joerockt

Which i'm about to do if I can't figure out why the HELL my Comptech is causing bumps.

Im sure I've over torqued the endlink connections by now...One thing I remember from the install was that the bar ends didnt really sit flush with the link. Frustrating...

TechSX

Im almost positive we share the same endlinks as the accords. The only reason they haven't posted a TSB for the TSX yet is because there aren't enough TSX complaints about them. They sell much more Honda Accords than TSXs so the chances of accord customers going back to the dealership for endlink problems are greater than TSXers.

The new replacement endlinks are thicker than the factory endlinks.

JTso

iTrader: (2)

The stock endlinks seem flimsy especially being used with an aftermarket swaybar. Btw, 03-05 Accords use the same Comptech swaybar as the TSX so the endlinks are most likely interchangeable.

kaikai114

either my eyes are playing tricks on me, or i have to agree that the replacement endlinks are beefier than the original ones. now my left endlink is thicker than the right one, will that affect handling in any way?

-kc

Alin10123

Yes, since there's less flex in the thicker one.
Even if it drove the same. i'd be paranoid enough to make them the same.

Alin10123

Take it back to the dealer. Have them look at it. It should be covered under warranty.

Master47

I looked last night, my links look to be ok, and I could see the yellow paint on the right one that Accord TSB talks about (I couldn't see the marking on the left one), so I would say they are still installing the "old" ones at the factory considering I have only had it a month.

moda_way

When I get my sway bar, I'm thinking I'll just install aftermarket endlinks. Who makes a set (saw someone mentioned custom ones)?

moda_way

They are exactly the same part number. 52325-S84-A01

moda_way

52320-S84-A01 - right side

52325-S84-A01 - left side

cl7tsx

joerockt:

Just a thought-- is it possible that the Comptech SWB is upside down? The only reason I ask is that when a friend and I installed mine, he handed it to me under the car upside down at first, and (i) the endlinks did not line up and (ii) there no clearance with the car's undercarriage in the middle-- which is where I think the "bump" may be coming from. When we flipped the bar, everything lined up and there was adequate clearance between the SWB and the car.

jlukja

You mean its not perfectly flat? From all the pictures I've seen it looks flat. This is a good thing to keep in mind when installing. Rep points for you.

cl7tsx

Thx, jlukja.

No, the bar is not perfectly flat, although it appears that way from the picture on their website. However, I think one can sort of make out the contours of the SWB from some of the pics posted in the SWB DIYs elsewhere on the board.

Also, [ not intending to ] during my install I noted that Comptech's directions also fail to discuss (i) the allen key hole in the shank of the endlink bolt (discussed at length elsewhere on this board) and (ii) the fact that torque specs on the endlink nut (28 ft-lbs, I think) cannot be precisely achieved with a standard torque wrench, because one cannot simultaneously access the allen key hole in the shank of the endlink bolt and place a torque wrench over the endlink nut. Most guys I have talked to just torqued it by feel.

joerockt

Ah crap, I hope thats not the reason. I was wondering about this when I first installed it, but it looks the same when flipped either way

It makes sense what your saying though. I guess its back under the car this weekend...

Thanks for pointing that out!

moda_way

Somone needs to post a pic of the CORRECT installation.

cl7tsx

One other thing: if you choose to reinstall, drive the car (preferably around some curves) before judging whether your clearance has improved. I noticed that once I drove the car after the install, the clearance improved as the sway bar assumed its natural position. I had jacked up my car and removed the Pass. rear wheel for ease of installation (as other DIYs had suggested), which in turn had loaded the rear suspension on the driver's side.

Good luck!

joerockt

Will do!

Here is a thread I found on another board regarding sway bars being installed upside down, I guess its possible then

Link

xizor

I'm pretty sure its not possible for ours. I actually tried one time just to see what happens. The way its bent, its more or less impossible to connect the end links to the bar. I didn't try however, just lined it up.

joerockt

Well, Im willing to try anything at this point...Im gettin desperate

xizor

what do you mean by "causing bumps", I'm not quite getting what the exact problem is

joerockt

Anytime I go over bumps, or uneven surfaces, I get a loud "thump" "bump" or "clank" what ever you want to call it. Like metal is hitting or shifting. Its been there since the day I installed it.

kaikai114

now i'm praying that my right rear link breaks too so i can have dealer replace it :

xizor

sounds like the end link, maybe loosen the bolt up and grease it?

joerockt

Dude, I've tried many things with those bolts. I've come to the conslusion that the bar isnt sitting flush with the end link, thus causing shifting, thus causing the clanking.

And I think the reason why its not sitting flush is because its in upside down...has to be...

I'll find out this weekend...

kaikai114

My left and right end links dont sit exactly the same. Actually it looks like right side is more squeezed to the side while left has a full range of space. I do notice a "clank" sound going over speed bumps on the right side only, so that may be the problem. Are you going to be at the meet on saturday? If you are, then we can take a look at it.

-KC

joerockt

I wish I could make it, but Im going to be down in SD on Saturday.

jlukja

Where have I heard that before? j/k

jlukja, who looked for joerockt at the Irvine meet

joerockt

Hey, I never commited to this latest meet!

Well meet soon