Belltech sway bars

[setconstr]

So now I have the rear end set up right I have belltech sway bars and I think the front is just to fat of a sway bar I broke the sway bar link it just seems there is not much room with the 3" drop spindles for that sway bar to move any ideas or has anyone run up against that problem . I think I should just go back to stock sway bar in the front ?

 

[Rocket Man]

No such thing as too fat of a sway bar. Did you use shortened end links? The sway bar needs to be parallel to the control arms.

 

[setconstr]

I got the sway bar links that came with the sway bars they are not short.....who makes shortened links ? not Belltech I'm pretty sure ( it's not parallel at all )

 

[Rocket Man]

I got the sway bar links that came with the sway bars they are not short.....who makes shortened links ? not Belltech I'm pretty sure ( it's not parallel at all )

Energy Suspension is who I got mine from. Here’s a link to their catalog, look on page 8 for measuring instructions and how to look up part numbers. Then you can go online and search for those parts.
http://www.carquestprofessionals.com/catalogs/high_performance/Energy Suspension 2015 Catalog.pdf

 

[setconstr]

Funny I started looking right after I started this thread and I ordered the exact energy suspension ones that the catalog shows . the Belltech sway-bar links are over 6" between and it pushes the angle up where the bar is hitting on top . they don't have to be much shorter to work right so I got the ones 4.5 to 5.5 adjustable

 

[StatutoryAPE]

I'm having the same issue with me eibach front bar. I even ordered the ES shorter end links that every else has linked and it still doesn't fit right. When my bar is parallel to the lca it sits too far forward and the link won't line up at all. It's like the bar needs to be pushed back like an inch on the cross member.

 

[StatutoryAPE]

 

[Doubeleive]

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I had that same problem with my Silverado I ended up getting slotted D bushing brackets from hellwig which gave me a little wiggle room to move it back and then I drilled new holes in the control arms to mount a shorter end link, I used the mevotech ttx end links and just cut the sleeve to fit, the screw thread and nut portion of the ttx end links allow you to make it pretty short

 

[Rocket Man]

I had that same problem with my Silverado I ended up getting slotted D bushing brackets from hellwig which gave me a little wiggle room to move it back and then I drilled new holes in the control arms to mount a shorter end link, I used the mevotech ttx end links and just cut the sleeve to fit, the screw thread and nut portion of the ttx end links allow you to make it pretty short
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Whose control arms are those? I don’t think you can relocate it like that on the stockers.

 

[Doubeleive]

Whose control arms are those? I don’t think you can relocate it like that on the stockers.

that was the inez 4/6 kit on the Silverado (IHC is who makes it) the control arms are aluminum, I don't see why you couldn't drill thru steel also, cast iron might be a no-go

 

[Rocket Man]

that was the inez 4/6 kit on the Silverado (IHC is who makes it) the control arms are aluminum, I don't see why you couldn't drill thru steel also, cast iron might be a no-go

It’s not the material, I don’t think there’s a place to drill due to the shape. I could be wrong but if you look at his pic it looks like if you were to drill in a forward spot you would be weakening the arm. It doesn’t have a tab like yours do. I’d hate to see his control arm break in half going over a big bump. Inboard or outboard might be less risky but that doesn’t help him. I could be wrong but that’s what it looks like to me.

 

[Rocket Man]

I'm having the same issue with me eibach front bar. I even ordered the ES shorter end links that every else has linked and it still doesn't fit right. When my bar is parallel to the lca it sits too far forward and the link won't line up at all. It's like the bar needs to be pushed back like an inch on the cross member.

I would show that picture to Eibach and ask them for a solution. Their tech people must have run into this before. Maybe you can relocate the sway bar further back.

 

[iamdub]

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Looks to me like just getting shorter links to put the bar more parallel would solve your problems.

 

[gat0r]

Eibach or Hotchkis should be able to get you sorted.
as Rocket suggested contact them & let them see pic.
also take another pic of same, next to measuring tape.

as they will ask you to measure it.

 

[setconstr]

I have Belltech sway bars got the shorter energy suspension links ( 4 1/2 " ) came out perfect as Rocket man suggested

 

[gat0r]

. wrong thread

 

[StatutoryAPE]

I would show that picture to Eibach and ask them for a solution. Their tech people must have run into this before. Maybe you can relocate the sway bar further back.

Ok thanks, didn't even think to ask them.

 

[StatutoryAPE]

Looks to me like just getting shorter links to put the bar more parallel would solve your problems.

I have Belltech sway bars got the shorter energy suspension links ( 4 1/2 " ) came out perfect as Rocket man suggested

I tried the shorter ES endlinks that some other members have linked to. They didn't line up. One member did say to try the hellwig D brackets that mount the bar to the cross member, as they are slotted and can push the bar back like 1/2 inch. That might help as well