Sway Bar End Links

[noone]

I'm not clear on how long an ideal bar length / angle should be. I feel the link should be as vertical as is reasonable whilst ensuring the force into the bar makes the bar twist (the bar ends vaguely horizontally in line with the mounting (bushing) locations. Does that make sense?

[Guy_H]

I'm not clear on how long an ideal bar length / angle should be. I feel the link should be as vertical as is reasonable whilst ensuring the force into the bar makes the bar twist (the bar ends vaguely horizontally in line with the mounting (bushing) locations. Does that make sense?

That's exactly why you need to measure it - loaded, unloaded, and allow for full travel, full droop & full steering angle.

[thezoneR32]

.........You need to have the correct link for the application, and generally the stock one wont work & cause a failure (because of the above) unless the coil over was designed to use stock mounts.

Thanks for all your contributions fellas good stuff. But getting back to my issue...paraphrasing Guy above "unless the coil over was designed to use stock mounts". In my case they are saying that the struts were designed to be used with the oem mounts (end links) but also the oem sways which I wasn't using.

I've done a bit of physics research and it seems the transfer of forces in a corner goes from heavily loaded axle to the end link via the strut, through the anti-sway bar, then to the end link on the other side through the strut and back into the axle. So does the adjustable end link need to flex and reduce the torsion from one strut on one side and back into the strut on the other? I would think not as any flex in the end links would diminsh the rigidity of the sway bar negating their existence?

I'm just trying to work out if there's really any point to these adjustable end links, whats wrong with the oem ones? It seems to me that this KW strut juts didn't do its job.