I have read various problems from other users on this thread about their RSBs but wanted a better answer....hence this forum

Anyway I have read some users have experienced problems with their end links snapping once they installed the RSB. The reason I ask if this is a problem is I am leaving to drive to Indiana Tuesday and wanted to install the RSB before I left (tomorrow). The last thing I wanna do it hear my end link snap somewhere on the PA turnpike and have to stop driving. IS this a common problem or not?

Also, do you need to inflate your rear tires more due to the RSB? I read somewhere people who installed the Comptech RSB needed to do this? I have an 05 AT...I think the tires are 32 all around?

 

The snapping is usually from install error... they wont "snap" on there own....

 

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I have the Comptech Rear Swaybar and have not had any real problems. The endlinks snapping is due to excessive stress on them, the stock sway bar can bend a bit vs. the Comptech, H & R or progress, so the strain is placed on the links. If you are running over surfaces that have differences of say 5-6 inches in heights (pot-holes) you run the risk of snapping them a bit more easily but it is very unlikely to snap. the endlinks on the TL have snapped only for 3 or 4 members.

As far as problems, you may encounter one, clunking. The bushings that hold the bar on can cause clunking noises. This is due to the bushings being loose. Once you install it, go for a spirited drive then tighten the bolts up when you come back to make sure they are nice and tight.

 

No problems here

 

I had that clunking coming from the rear. Turns out I had to replace my end links.
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Turns out the clunking is caused by endlinks. You won't have problems immediately; Heeltoe has the Fastlink Powerlinks which seem to be better than the OEM endlinks. Go to heeltoeauto.com to get info and pricing on it.

 

no probs here either...... the end links will break if over tightened or if they are bent to begin with or rusted or plain n simple defective. other than that your not breaking them.

 

The links really don't need to be much more than hand tight, so unless you have gorilla hands or are using air tools (unneccessary for this install) you won't have a problem there. If you break an endlink for whatever reason, though, there's no reason to stop driving. The car won't handle all that well, but it'll certainly still be driveable.

There's no reason to change the tire pressure from the factory settings except for personal preference.

 

Hmm, have you seen this in person? I have only seen one thread, and it was a couple years ago, of a guy who snapped an end link. I haven't seen any threads on it since then. This guy was tracking the car hard IIRC. I have sold dozens of these bars and haven't had one customer report back with broken end links yet.

 

really? I had a clunk when I installed it and it was the bushings, that solved the problem, all I had to do was tighten the bushings.

 

i didnt have any problems but i change my endlinks when i installed the progress rsb bc my car had about 60,000 and didnt want them to snap so i did it just because...

 

good move milk.

 

where can i get new bushings? i have a tsx and comptech sway bar.. but i cant seem to find bushings for the 22mm size that i have, only for the stock bar?

 

when you buy the progress bar, it should come with them. As for the end-links, you can buy them from MR. Heel Toe in the black market section.

 

Just for the record, sway bar links very rarely snap. The links on a Honda or Acura are basically a long rod with a right-angle ball joint at either end. The weakest point in the part is this ball joint and when it fails you'll hear a knocking or clacking sound as the ball knocks around in the socket. Hardly a catastrophic problem, but certainly annoying.

In any case, three years in the shop and I saw one snapped endlink and the guy took out the strut and the control arm too. Realistically it's not a concern when simply upgrading or replacing the sway bar.

 

Weird... I've been rolling around with the Progress Sway bar at it's stiffest setting since they first became available... (Thanks Excelerate ) and I have no problems what-so-ever...

But speaking scientifically... the greatest stress/bending moment occurs at the BUSHING connected to the frame of the car that's why it's a semi-fixed connection... the endlinks are mostly to keep the sway bar in position and it's a pin connection (it moves with the suspension components) that's why there are balljoints on the endlinks... I think that these are isolated cases of factory endlinks falling prior to aftermarket sway bar installation...

 

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