Should this be good enough?

[Jagstang]

I just finished installing my rear Tanabe sway bar yesterday, and almost everything has been installed successfully. Out of everything, only one piece was installed with a lot of problems, and until today, still sits with problems. I'm talking about the D bracket on the driver's side.

I tried screwing it down fully, but every time the bolts got 3/4 of the way in, it gets almost impossible to go any further. At that point, it feels like it's as far as it will go, yet I still screwed it in a little more.

Here's the pic of how it sits right now, it doesn't look that safe, but I'm telling you, those two screws seems to be in there permanently.



Do you think I should leave it as is (there's no shaking of any kind), or should I try removing them, and re try setting the D bracket (which I have already tried). Help would be greatly appreciated figuring out how to get this last D bracket installed correctly.

PS: I tightened it so hard, that the 14mm socket I used is now completely stripped, and I will not be able to take them off for the time being.

[s13_chris]

If you are trying to the do the car right "good enough" really isn't the optimal word use. If you are just not givin a f*** than ya its good enough.

My idea- Measure how deep the hole is and see if the bolts are too long.If so, go buy new shorter bolts with same thread pitch.

[hbpignosePA]

looks like you stripped the subframe mounting holes

helicoil it and try and get a slightly bigger bolt to thread up snug

i did this to one of mine....

iirc those look to be too course (the thread pitch)

idk

[Jagstang]

looks like you stripped the subframe mounting holes

helicoil it and try and get a slightly bigger bolt to thread up snug

i did this to one of mine....

iirc those look to be too course (the thread pitch)

idk

Hmm, ok, yeah, the screws i'm using are new (OEM scews for the stock S14's rear sways). They fit perfectly on the other side, so as you've mentioned, I guess the driver side sub frame mounting holes are stripped.

Thanks for the helicoil suggestion.

Is there any other suggestions on this issue? Thanks in advance.
Modified by Jagstang at 2:19 PM 10/1/2009

[RCA]

Well if you CAN NOT screw it in any more...

You should try this alternitive.

Place (red) washers so this way you have solid contact with the car.

*Reguardless there is an issue. My suggestion is for a last resort only*

[BoBa524]

why helicoil it? threads are still there...just go buy a tap set and re-tap that hole.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Any chance those rings are backwards? I recall mines being a b**** and using the spacers from my Energy Suspension kit.

[Jagstang]

By the way, when I take the brackets off, the bolts go all the way through with no problems. I think it may be the bracket or something?...

[motoxris]

I completely agree with 240sx_ch08 on the "good enough" comment.

One thing with these bolts is that you real have to make sure they are going in very straight when you thread them in. I think I had to loosen up the links at the end of my sway bar. The tension pushing every thing around makes it imposable sometimes. If those are the correct bolts they should go all the way in. Period. When I bought my car those bolts were looser than yours on the front side. It made a lot of really bad noises, had bad handling, and very poor braking because of just that one thing.

If you have the wrong threads, it shouldn't be able to turn more than 3/4 of a turn.

I would triple check to make sure that there isn't isn't tension pushing around the sway bar. When I first looked at mine. I thought it was going to be way easier to install. It was all about making sure it was going in straight. And don't tighten everything all the way down until you have all the hardware installed about halfway threaded in. Then go back and tighten everything down.

[Jagstang]

I completely agree with 240sx_ch08 on the "good enough" comment.

One thing with these bolts is that you real have to make sure they are going in very straight when you thread them in. I think I had to loosen up the links at the end of my sway bar. The tension pushing every thing around makes it imposable sometimes. If those are the correct bolts they should go all the way in. Period. When I bought my car those bolts were looser than yours on the front side. It made a lot of really bad noises, had bad handling, and very poor braking because of just that one thing.

If you have the wrong threads, it shouldn't be able to turn more than 3/4 of a turn.

I would triple check to make sure that there isn't isn't tension pushing around the sway bar. When I first looked at mine. I thought it was going to be way easier to install. It was all about making sure it was going in straight. And don't tighten everything all the way down until you have all the hardware installed about halfway threaded in. Then go back and tighten everything down.

Hmm, so if I jack the car up (to get rid of all that tension), and loosen the end link on the driver side, it should be able to screw all the way in?

Hmm, i'll have to give that a try. By the way, this is the way I installed it. I jacked the car up, slid the sway bar over the exhaust, and got it in place. Then I screwed in the D brackets and bushings about half way through the holes (to hold the sways in the position that it needs to be in). Then I lowered the car, and installed the endlinks, then I finish tightening the D brackets.

I just had trouble to finish tightening up the drivers side D bracket afterward. . . So you're probably right about all the tension coming from the endlink.

Thanks a lot, i'll give that a shot, hopefully that's the reason
Modified by Jagstang at 3:09 PM 10/2/2009

[motoxris]

I also made sure my bolts threaded in properly with out the parts to makes sure they would go in tight.

[motoxris]

It's just that the littlest think pushing the d brackets can make it difficult.

[Jagstang]

Alright, thanks a lot for the help my fellow nico community, I appreciate all the helpful suggestions that has been posted. I have fixed the problem by loosening the endlinks and adjusting the D bracket, and re tightened the D bracket. Now it sits nicely.

Here's the before and after pictures. Sorry for the after picture being a little blurry, my brother dropped the camera, and now it doesn't take clear shots.

BEFORE:



AFTER:



Now that should be good enough. . . haha :P Thanks again everyone

[motoxris]

Your camera takes clear shots. It's just not focused on the right depth.

[Jagstang]

Your camera takes clear shots. It's just not focused on the right depth.

Hmm, well after my brother dropped the camera, every time I try to take a photo, it says that the camera is "shaking". I even put the camera on a table, and kept it perfectly stable, and it still said it's shaking. . . Even after taking a shot on the table, it still managed to be blurry (throughout zooming in and out in a distanced shot).

And this never happened since the dropping of the camera. . . So I guess it got damaged to some extent.

[amakadius]

i see you are in surrey i would come by to help i have nothing else to do at the moment

[Nissan409]

I wish i lived next to canada , well i do...kinda