noise after hotchkis sway bar install

[logik816]

sup ladies and gents. i have a 07 ms3. after installing the hotchkis sway bars on my ride, i notice some wierd rubbing noises from the front of my ride whenever going over bumps and down dips. is this normal? if not, what are my options of fixing this problem?

[hectik1]

Did you lube the bushings?

[logik816]

Did you lube the bushings?

as far as i know, yes. i had a shop install them. i have heard that when you install front hotchkis sways on the ms3, you need to also install adjustable end links. can anyone confirm this? are there any additional options that i have?

[jbiird317]

as far as i know, yes. i had a shop install them. i have heard that when you install front hotchkis sways on the ms3, you need to also install adjustable end links. can anyone confirm this? are there any additional options that i have?

hotchkis is adjustable correct? If so, they may have installed it on a setting that is making it rub the endlink? I think I would go with adjustable end links from the get go, but their website doesnt say anything about needing them so maybe its something else. i would try and re-lube the bushings and see if that helps

[SHAGwagn]

The shop probably tightened down ur sway bar with the weight of the car off of the suspension. By doing this the sway bar ends up being very close to the chassis and sometimes allows the sway bar to actually rub/clunk the chassis. When i did mine we lowered the weight of the car on the suspension and then tightened down the sway bar/end links, the results were a sway bar very far away from the chassis that has never touched.

I speak about it in my BC Coilovers thread, there is a link below if you are interested. Good luck, thats my guess...your sway bar is probably contacting.

[SHAGwagn]

hotchkis is adjustable correct? If so, they may have installed it on a setting that is making it rub the endlink? I think I would go with adjustable end links from the get go, but their website doesnt say anything about needing them so maybe its something else. i would try and re-lube the bushings and see if that helps

You are correct, you do NOT need adjustable end links.

[logik816]

The shop probably tightened down ur sway bar with the weight of the car off of the suspension. By doing this the sway bar ends up being very close to the chassis and sometimes allows the sway bar to actually rub/clunk the chassis. When i did mine we lowered the weight of the car on the suspension and then tightened down the sway bar/end links, the results were a sway bar very far away from the chassis that has never touched.

I speak about it in my BC Coilovers thread, there is a link below if you are interested. Good luck, thats my guess...your sway bar is probably contacting.

how do you lower the weight of the ms3? can i do this myself? the rubbing noise is diff. coming from the front of the ms3. the back is fine.

[logik816]

also, i was thinking of getting a new set of springs. would this help?

[jbiird317]

how do you lower the weight of the ms3? can i do this myself? the rubbing noise is diff. coming from the front of the ms3. the back is fine.

he was referring to after the install. so you would probably need to put the car up, disconnect the swaybar, then allow the car down off the jack before you retighten it.

[ericrapp]

yep

[logik816]

k boys, had time to take my ride into the shop today. i told them about the squeaky noise and they fixed it. they drove it and re-did the hotchkis sway bars for me with no fee or complaint. i guess they realized how bad it was.

[SHAGwagn]

good for u ;)

[ericrapp]

Very good. some peace of mind and sounds like a decent shop.