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<blockquote data-quote="FlatlandFSJ" data-source="post: 750580" data-attributes="member: 8507"><p>I fought a similar issue with the antirock on the rear of Ray's buggy. The arms are shorter then Currie would like, and the end links mount halfway up the trailing arm. </p><p></p><p>At first we would twist the actual sway bar arm, single shear endlink with the stud hanging off the side. Beefed up the arms with some plate, turning them into l beams essentially. That fixed the issue of twisting the arms, but showed the next weak link. Started pulling the rodends off the built in studs or breaking the studs into 2 or 3 pieces.</p><p></p><p>Normally we kept a few spare rodends in the trailer, this last time we didnt have a left hand thread spare. I ground the end of the stud off, punched it through the heim and replaced it with a 1/2" grade 8 bolt and small spacer.</p><p></p><p> It hasn't broke or bent the bolt yet so i plan to just replace the studs with bolts as they break.</p><p></p><p>The tk1 on the front is single shear at the bar and double shear at the frame(axle mounted bar), it hasnt given us any issues yet.</p><p></p><p>If you can double shear everything, its the strongest option in my opinion. The studs in those lil rodends are made of some bs potmetal most the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlatlandFSJ, post: 750580, member: 8507"] I fought a similar issue with the antirock on the rear of Ray's buggy. The arms are shorter then Currie would like, and the end links mount halfway up the trailing arm. At first we would twist the actual sway bar arm, single shear endlink with the stud hanging off the side. Beefed up the arms with some plate, turning them into l beams essentially. That fixed the issue of twisting the arms, but showed the next weak link. Started pulling the rodends off the built in studs or breaking the studs into 2 or 3 pieces. Normally we kept a few spare rodends in the trailer, this last time we didnt have a left hand thread spare. I ground the end of the stud off, punched it through the heim and replaced it with a 1/2" grade 8 bolt and small spacer. It hasn't broke or bent the bolt yet so i plan to just replace the studs with bolts as they break. The tk1 on the front is single shear at the bar and double shear at the frame(axle mounted bar), it hasnt given us any issues yet. If you can double shear everything, its the strongest option in my opinion. The studs in those lil rodends are made of some bs potmetal most the time. [/QUOTE]
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