P5 Rear Sway Bar
- Thread starter mgrinshpon
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i'm gonna run by the mechanic to have him check my endlinks. i got clicking and popping when on the brakes and cornering.
If they are poo, i'm gonna have em swapped under extended warranty, then, while it's up in the air, have him throw the sway bar on
If they are poo, i'm gonna have em swapped under extended warranty, then, while it's up in the air, have him throw the sway bar on
the common problem with the racingbeat swaybar and the stock bushings and location of them is that when the swaybar moves and such it wears the bushings, which is normal. but the location of the bushings on the MSP are more toward the center so instead of the swaybar just rotating within the bushings, the ends of the bars are also flexing up and down. So this causes premature wear of the bushings and when they wear too much you will hear a clunking sound. it is a horrible noise and many have had this.
the clunk kit relocates the bushings right to the ends of the swaybar pretty much, right where it bends. this gets rid of the up and down movement and make the swaybar do what it was designed to do, rotate within the bushings.
it is a fairly easy install, just need some elbow grease to get the subframe bolts out on the ends. the rest is cut and dry. remember to apply the correct grease to the bushings and you will be good. just regrease every so often. what i did was order bushings off of energy suspension that were slightly smaller than the RB bar so that when they got worn in they would still fit nice and snug. they work like a charm.
the kit is highly recommended and could be one of the best mods when doing suspension work.
see everyone says its easy but i ran into some problems... one of the bolts that goes into the crossmember (the one that is vertical, on the driver side) would no come loose... resulting in me breaking the weld around the nut on the inside of the crossmember. so out came the hack saw and away went the bolt (which cost 6 bucks for 2 nuts and 2 botls at homedepot) and then i could not figure out how to get the horse shoe bracket to bend around the bar so i jacked it up with my jack and but the body up really high so the suspension sagged then i could get the rods out of the way to get the horizontal bolts in... ya it took me 2 days for a total of about 12 hours to get mine in
mgrinshpon
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Does the 22mm swaybar induce oversteer or is it kind of "just right?"
whiteline is an australian company.
for the p5, they have the front and rear swaybars and front strut bar
yeh weird, i just had a look ay myself and it seems all listings for the p5 have vanished
i googled the product numbers and found these:
Rear Adjustable Bar
https://www.turbowholesale.com/cata...ty-Blade-adjustable-KQ-20mm-Ford--p-7935.html
Front Sway bar
http://www.turbowholesale.com/catal...avy-duty-KQ-24mm-Ford-Laser-KNKQ--p-7933.html
mspeedP5
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- '02 Protege5
Was there actually a listing for the "P5"? I was looking at the 323 BJ 98/03 stuff. That is what they are badged as there right?
Nah mate, the P5 wasnt listed on the website/catalogue.
the p5 is known in oz as the BJ 323 01/03
