Progress Auto Rear Anti-Sway bar! WITH DIY PHOTOS PAGE 5!
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 101
From: Vancouver, BC
so don''t raise the spring perch, leave it all the way down?
and is it ok to use a torque wrench to loosen bolts, i heard its bad to use the torque wrench to loosen things
thanks guys really appreciate the help
and is it ok to use a torque wrench to loosen bolts, i heard its bad to use the torque wrench to loosen things
thanks guys really appreciate the help
i tried the bar under my DF210's. i like it. it's not an aggressive difference which
i was afraid it might turn out. very progressive increase and non abrupt. very mild,
yet you know it's there.
<= happy kenchan
i was afraid it might turn out. very progressive increase and non abrupt. very mild,
yet you know it's there.
<= happy kenchan
Just bought one, can't wait to get it in! However I'm probably going to wait until my new dampers come in before I install them...makes it easier to get everything done at once BTW, I added the page number for the DIY photos in the title...took me a few minutes to find it, thought I'd save everyone else some time.
BTW, I added the page number for the DIY photos in the title...took me a few minutes to find it, thought I'd save everyone else some time.
Hey everybody I need some help.
I tried unsuccessfully to install my Progress bar this evening. The shop who installed my springs must have used some strong loctite and I was therefore unable to detach my rear shock's bolt no matter how much hammering and turning I did with my hand tools.
I would hate to have to pay someone to do this for this little reason. Is there anyway to break the loctite grip without air tools? Put a lighter to it?
Actually I might just buy an Impact wrench for $50...
Thx
I tried unsuccessfully to install my Progress bar this evening. The shop who installed my springs must have used some strong loctite and I was therefore unable to detach my rear shock's bolt no matter how much hammering and turning I did with my hand tools.
I would hate to have to pay someone to do this for this little reason. Is there anyway to break the loctite grip without air tools? Put a lighter to it?
Actually I might just buy an Impact wrench for $50...
Thx
Last edited by wlfit; Jan 17, 2008 at 12:10 AM.
Hey everybody I need some help.
I tried unsuccessfully to install my Progress bar this evening. The shop who installed my springs must have used some strong loctite and I was therefore unable to detach my rear shock's bolt no matter how much hammering and turning I did with my hand tools.
I would hate to have to pay someone to do this for this little reason. Is there anyway to break the loctite grip without air tools? Put a lighter to it?
Actually I might just buy an Impact wrench for $50...
Thx
I tried unsuccessfully to install my Progress bar this evening. The shop who installed my springs must have used some strong loctite and I was therefore unable to detach my rear shock's bolt no matter how much hammering and turning I did with my hand tools.
I would hate to have to pay someone to do this for this little reason. Is there anyway to break the loctite grip without air tools? Put a lighter to it?
Actually I might just buy an Impact wrench for $50...
Thx
progress bar under DF210's. it's not bad. as mentioned above, the
bar has a progressive feel and also has a stronger understeer bias;
i couldn't get the tail to spin out unless i forced it.
Hey everybody I need some help.
I tried unsuccessfully to install my Progress bar this evening. The shop who installed my springs must have used some strong loctite and I was therefore unable to detach my rear shock's bolt no matter how much hammering and turning I did with my hand tools.
I would hate to have to pay someone to do this for this little reason. Is there anyway to break the loctite grip without air tools? Put a lighter to it?
Actually I might just buy an Impact wrench for $50...
Thx
I tried unsuccessfully to install my Progress bar this evening. The shop who installed my springs must have used some strong loctite and I was therefore unable to detach my rear shock's bolt no matter how much hammering and turning I did with my hand tools.
I would hate to have to pay someone to do this for this little reason. Is there anyway to break the loctite grip without air tools? Put a lighter to it?
Actually I might just buy an Impact wrench for $50...
Thx
"Give a man a lever long enough, and he can move the earth".
if you can't crack a fastener loose with a 18"+ breaker bar i dont think
an electric impact gun is going to do the job. you're talking you need
more than 300ft/lbs of torque, probably.
perhaps you're better off asking someone with air tools to help you out.
an electric impact gun is going to do the job. you're talking you need
more than 300ft/lbs of torque, probably.
perhaps you're better off asking someone with air tools to help you out.
nut.
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 151
From: Italy
alf74,
Your past posts indicate that drilling an extra hole through the spring perch on each side would not be a problem for you. If you have, or have access to, the right tools, this would be an easy job. You will need a 1/2" (50mm) electric drill (not battery operated- plug in to house current) and a set of cobalt drill bits.
If you buy the sway bar, my assumption is that you can install it exactly as the instruction sheet shows. You have only two holes in each spring perch of your Jazz, and I am guessing that the holes will match the position of the holes in the sway bar. But you will have one extra hole in the sway bar mounting flanges. Assemble the bar to your car as instructed. Use the extra holes as your guides to drill the necessary third hole through the bottom of the spring perches.
I recommend cobalt drill bits because the spring perches are hardened steel, which will quickly dull regular high speed steel drill bits. I recommend the 1/2" (50mm) electric drill because the spring perches are very thick and will take a powerful drill motor to complete the job.
If you must buy the cobalt drill bits, this job will justify the expense and you will be glad to have them in the future. If you have to borrow or rent the big electric drill, it's ease in accomplishing this task compared to a smaller (and weaker) drill motor will justify the effort or expense required to acquire the drill.
All in all, the extra cost of freight, import duty, and the special tools will not bother you at all after your first test drive with the sway bar on your Jazz.
Your past posts indicate that drilling an extra hole through the spring perch on each side would not be a problem for you. If you have, or have access to, the right tools, this would be an easy job. You will need a 1/2" (50mm) electric drill (not battery operated- plug in to house current) and a set of cobalt drill bits.
If you buy the sway bar, my assumption is that you can install it exactly as the instruction sheet shows. You have only two holes in each spring perch of your Jazz, and I am guessing that the holes will match the position of the holes in the sway bar. But you will have one extra hole in the sway bar mounting flanges. Assemble the bar to your car as instructed. Use the extra holes as your guides to drill the necessary third hole through the bottom of the spring perches.
I recommend cobalt drill bits because the spring perches are hardened steel, which will quickly dull regular high speed steel drill bits. I recommend the 1/2" (50mm) electric drill because the spring perches are very thick and will take a powerful drill motor to complete the job.
If you must buy the cobalt drill bits, this job will justify the expense and you will be glad to have them in the future. If you have to borrow or rent the big electric drill, it's ease in accomplishing this task compared to a smaller (and weaker) drill motor will justify the effort or expense required to acquire the drill.
All in all, the extra cost of freight, import duty, and the special tools will not bother you at all after your first test drive with the sway bar on your Jazz.
As I said some months ago the sway bar doesn't fit my Jazz.... because it hurts torsion beam (clearly different from Fit)
But.... this afternoon I mounted it anyway!!! Inverting its position... and making 3 1/2 extra holes!
tomorrow i'll post my pictures... and my impressions