Front Sway Bar Hitting Tie Rod Ends and Adjusters

[61hawk]

So I swapped my manual steering box to a power steering box this morning and now I notice that my tie rod ends and adjusters are hitting the sway bar if I go past about 1/3 turn. CPP 1-1/8" sway bar. Don't know if it did it before with the manual box. Everything looks right, but obviously not.

Straight ahead:


Right turn, drivers side hits:





Left turn, passenger side hits:

[The Rocknrod]

Is that at ride height? You can sorten the sway bar end links, but at ride height it may not be an issue.
Probably why you never noticed it before.

[Southcity]

You need to have the suspension under full load which is not going to happen without a motor in there. You might be able to stack weights to mimic a motor but I personally would wait until you have it under full load (motor, sheet metal etc), then asses. It will most likely be fine. Also, don't forget to install the the a-arm upper/lower bumpstops.

[61hawk]

That makes sense, thanks... I guess adding 800-900 pounds to the front may change things.

[bigmoe]

Hmm. I would think it needs to clear through the whole range of movement. What if you go over a hump and the front suspension stretches all the way up?
I put the CPP 7423 1 1/4" on mine. Did you use the right frame brackets? They come with two optionals.

[61hawk]

Originally Posted by bigmoe

Hmm. I would think it needs to clear through the whole range of movement. What if you go over a hump and the front suspension stretches all the way up?
I put the CPP 7423 1 1/4" on mine. Did you use the right frame brackets? They come with two optionals.

Actually this is the same as yours. It came with two mounts, short and tall. I used the tall ones.

[bigmoe]

Tall ones for stock height. Short ones for drop spindles.
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[61hawk]

Originally Posted by bigmoe

Tall ones for stock height. Short ones for drop spindles.
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Yep, I used the tall one. From the response here and I've talked to a couple other people and all have said that once I get some weight on the front end the sway bar will sit lower and clear the steering linkage.

[Southcity]

Originally Posted by 61hawk

Yep, I used the tall one. From the response here and I've talked to a couple other people and all have said that once I get some weight on the front end the sway bar will sit lower and clear the steering linkage.

^Corrrect^, and don't forget to install upper/lower bump stops on the a-arms, highly important for full compression/droop situations when driving, putting vehicle on lift etc.