FINALLY, Someone explaining how to adjust adjustable end links

Hey Sean. Take it from this old shade tree mechanic that this video is one of the best I've seen for those of us who are always trying to improve our car's handling. Great job and thanks so much.

so many videos don't actually tell you how to dial in preload. thank you!

Commenting on an old video, but this was very helpful, so, thank you! I have a Tarett three-piece swaybar on the rear of my MINI Cooper, and for the longest time I couldn't seem to get it dialed in correctly and it was very noisy. Now it's completely silent, and the car rotates like a compass. Sweet! 😄

Wow!!! Need more of these delicious videos on KZfaq. Absolute nugget of information in short, bite sized 3 minute attention span video lengths. This really made it look easy and proper to do.

Thank you 🙏 save me so much mystery headache, just installed new coilovers on my car the adjustable endlinks clanking sounds can drive you crazy if you don’t know it’s them

Still use this video as a reference, amazing walk through! TY sir!

thanks for the video, so just to confirm, i need one for my driver side, and then add weight and adjust the sway bar top and bottom until no pressure -peload. and tight it up when jacked up. Would this work for awd s3?

Just did this to my e90 xi on h and r coilovers. I’ve been lowered for too long without buying these! I got HP Autosport adjustable links. Did one side just as you explained car feels amazing .

So if I install 2 of them do I just adjust one side still?

How did those spherical end links last you? Do you street drive your E46 M3 also?

This is a great install video. I was hoping to find one where someone explained pre-loading them. What kind of issues would one run into if one link was loaded more than the other or preloaded improperly?

I have the Godspeed brand of end links. So I make sure they’re the same size as the stock ones rhen match them to the stock ones but don’t tighten down the lock nuts? Just put the end links in and let it settle then lock the locking nuts?

You’re the man! Thank you for you this! 🙌🏻 Subbed

this is great and straightforward. i fitted new coilovers, adjustable drop whiteline links/end link and swaybar and then just forced the links into position. im fitting new track rod ends so i shall be doing my end links properly

Hello everybody. Is it necessary to torque it in newtons or just tighten hard? Thanks a lot

1:25 I noticed you were using another wrench tp hold the bottom end link stationary. Is that necessary with all brands?

hello so i have ff type 2 coil over , does the FUNCTION AND FORM END LINK 185MM should be good or the 115mm is fine?

This video came up in my analytics showing people watched this before clicking on my video about adjusting sway bar endlinks

Please answer me if you can at 1:10 in ur video. My sway bar link looks like that .. do the blacked out head suppost to move left n right? Mine is moving like tilting.. is that normal.. it looks like designed to do.. but one at the begiining at the video that bar link seems not deigned to move

Sweet exactly what I was looking for!

What are the symptoms of bad installing the sway bar links? Beacuse my car when i turn only right in movement make clicking noises. Thanks

I just installed some of these adjustable links from some company called godspeed and i'm getting quite a lot of clunking noises now... actually more noise than my shot links made. What would cause this? Everything is tight... they did come with some 12mm sleeves to fit the larger mounting points for mercedes is this the cause?

Really good simple video, thankyou

Thank you for the video. I have installed a set of BC Racing coilovers but i didn't replace the stock end links. Now I have a knock when i go over ruff road. Can this be because of the end links are not adjusted? PS all the top mount bolts and the coilover top mount bolt is torque to spec. Cheers.

What position does the sway bar need to be in?

Thank you for this video🙌🏻

Installing regular end links on BMW X3, my question is are the two sides the same? Like is there a specific side or it’s possible to use the “right side end link” on the left driver side?! I accidentally bought one labeled as the right side for the passenger side is it true I bought the wrong side and will have to buy the one for the left hand side?

Hi Sean, I have just fitted coil overs to my Ford fiesta st, they came with adjustable drop links to I now just got them while it's jacked up, it just doesn't seem like there will be enough load on the sway bar then though, cheers

Hi Sean enjoy watching your videos ,will you be fitting adjustable drop links on the rear or are they not as important.Keep up the good work

That was more complicated than I thought. I thought it was straight forward, remove and replace. The stock replacement is thats why I ask. What are the benefits for an adjustable vz a stock link? Legit question.'

Great vid, thanks.

Hai..if there is a clunking sound at the bolt joint link..but only on the driver side..

I didn’t really understand why you only needed one drop link. Can you explain?

So helpful. Thank you

OOOOH!!! Now I get it!👍👍👍

When you adjusted the end link before you tightened the nuts in place, what were you spinning to find resistance? The center bar ?

Would you say most adjustable end links are universal?

I am assuming the threads are in opposite directions on each end of the link. Otherwise turning the link would not adjust the length of the link. Can you confirm if this is correct?

Great info. Many thanks

only for M3?

Bagged my car, first turn out of garage it snapped both end links, I think they were too long for the new setup and failed under the loading as the wheels turned. Will be picking up some adjustable end links soon. Can I follow the same process in video, but for both sides simultaneously? Or should I get a spare oem link and do one side oem and one side adjustable, then both sides adjustable after?

Cool vid. Is it true that lowered vehicles usually require longer (not shorter) end links?

I just recently changed my sway bar which is shorter than the stock one...but Im still using stock stabiliser link...but it frequently keep on loosen...and I frequently needed to retighten the nuts between sway bar and stabiliser link...should I get the adjustable stabiliser link ?

I think if you lowered the car say one inch in the front for easy numbers, then you add 1” to the length of the end link when comparing to OEM. That’s for the front. In the rear, you subtract an inch, if you lowered it an inch

Nice Adjustable link stabil

I'm a little confused, how were you able to reach the endlink with the wheel still on? There won't be any room to reach at all, did you have to turn the wheel somehow to expose an opening to reach the endlink?

Thank you!

2:20 what are you twisting ? Is this the same sets you do if your installing both front adjustable sway bar end links

If it's only necessary to run one adjustable link per sway bar on a corner balanced car, which side is preferred to run the adjustable link on, driver side? Or can it vary depending on the adjustments made to achieve the finished corner balance result?

Do the front wheels have to be straight when setting the sway bar?

awesome thanks man

Hello! I’ve watched this video and did my end links but I’m hearing a clunking noise 😢

The most important is let the pivots of each side of sway bar horizontal that you didn't mention.

Perfect thanks

Good video

Beat practice to replace both at the same time

You could just put a jack under the lower control arm and Jack the car up until it comes off the jack stand, then make the adjustment to the link.

What are the symptoms of pre load on sway bars

I apologize for the confusion. Why does the car need to be weighted? I don’t fully understand the correlation between that & preload. I thought it’d be better to have the weight of the car distributed evenly.

Is your rotor on the wrong side?

would that had been better if the endlinks were installed prior to corner balancing?

You can run only one adjustable end link on one side and the stock end link that is not adjustable on the other side. In reality, it doesn't make a difference IF there is no binding or hitting of components and the sway bar end, in most cases, are horizontal. You would only adjust one side and that's it. Its kinda genius and then you have another adjustable end link to use as a replacement or spare. The sway bar shouldn't be fighting the other side if everything is level and the car is sitting there flat. This should be done on level ground.

Everything? Sounds like a question?

OK, while you are correct in that there is now 0 pre-load on your swaybar, you are wrong in that this is how to "properly" install adjustable end-links. You have completely neglected the ORIENTATION of the sway bar itself. You cannot use stock end links if you have changed your ride height at all (which is what happens during corner balance even if your coil-overs are set to at stock ride height). The sway bar will be less effective if the bar is pointed in a direction that is leveraged less by the end-link. Next time: 1) Put the car in the air 2) swap both end-links to adjustable ones but do not connect them at the top (or the bottom if that is easier to reach when the wheel is on) 3) Put the car on the ground, or, on ramps so that the suspension is loaded 4) Crawl under the car and position the sway bar so that the tab/mounting point of the bar is in the correct orientation (usually this is horizontal with aftermarket sway bars, but some stock sway bars have a lot of bends to make them less effective and they WILL NOT point parallel to the ground when oriented correctly). 5) Adjust both end-links so that they freely connect to the sway bar while it sits in its PROPER position.

I never knew you had to add weights to lock the nuts down

Impossible to do if your lowered/slammed like me

1:55 - 02:04 put some weight to adjust ideal stabil link

Why not just do it even on both sides

why is only one side required?

Once you already set the end links in they're set. They dont go up and down unless you retake them back out and adjust them. This makes no sense

I think you spent more money to leave it with the stock adjustment. that's not the function of the end links adjustable

wack how I mentioned OE and GC endlinks yesterday somewhere and now KZfaq just happens to recommend this video...

Why adjust it to "stock" size? If your car is lowered, it must be shorter. You did it wrong.