brat_burner
Autocross Champion
fancy seat gang
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What did you do to your MK6 today?
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jedred1
jedred1
I have a clanging (not a thump) going on in the passenger rear of the car and my shop said it is the passenger rear end link. I have DSG springs and after market (thick) anti-sway-bars in the front and rear. Both set to hard. I am considering replacing them all with adjustable end links. The springs lower me about 1" all around. Do you all think that adjustable end links are worth it? Have any of you done this at home as a DIY? Thinking of SuperPro
sterkrazzy
Autocross Champion
But wheres your mayo chat?
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
Mayo chat needs it's own thread
sterkrazzy
Autocross Champion
It's taking off in the mk7 section https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/inde...-your-mk7-today.316916/page-1952#post-7655659
brat_burner
Autocross Champion
Too many mayo snobs
snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
That's what she said?
Thumper
Autocross Champion
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
Paging @Phur who loves spicy shit
Cclark6146
Go Kart Newbie
would you be able to elaborate on this? Ive never had adjustable end links but I have a set of whiteline heavy duty links Im going to put on when I do my sways and coil overs. maybe its because I dont have them in front of me but is there supposed to be a trick to it? my luck Ill slap it in and everything "looks" good then something breaks cause I did it wrong haha
Allchokedup
Autocross Champion
Well, found where all the 134a has been going..I'm fairly certain I have done a compressor on this car before. IIRC was a REAL PITA getting the hoses back on. But I could be wrong.
Getting warm here in texas so going to go ahead and handle up
Getting warm here in texas so going to go ahead and handle up
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MrFancypants
Autocross Champion
Yeah, no problem...
So if you look at a stock, non adjustable end link you'll notice that the ball joints are pointed in different directions. When installed on the car you can push and pull on the end-link assembly and you'll see that there's a certain amount of built in articulation... as in at the points where it connects the ball joints have some built in play.
Adjustable end-links tend to be three pieces; the center rod and the two end pieces that are essentially just ball joints with threaded rods attached to them. Because the end ball joints "screw" into the rod, the angle of the ball joints in relation to each other can be anything you want. What you need to do is to ensure that the angle effectively matches that of the stock end-link.
What makes it tricky is that when you tighten the connection between the ball joint and the center rod (there's a nut on the ball joint that tightens against the rod to keep locked in place) this can change the angle unless you take care to keep the angle from changing.
So basically if, when the end-link is on the car, when you grab it and push and pull if it doesn't move at all you've installed it when one or both of the ball joints in a way that's not going to allow it to articulate properly... which will probably cause it to break.
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