Hey Guys, How will i know if its time to change anti roll/sway bar links? Does it make a sound? Thanks!

 

KRK, normally if you have a link that is going bad, you will have a clunking sound going on in the rear and if you put your hand on the sway bar, you will be able to see the movement in the joint. Granted, on our cars, the links seem to hold up pretty good. IF you have a clunking sound from the rear of your car, this is normally from either your upper shock mount coming loose or one of your suspension arms has some play in it.

With that being said, some members have had the bushings on the sway bars go bad, leading to a clunk sound too.

 

I had already replaced my sway bar bushing ang got rid of the clunk. Now what i hear is some kind of "tok" when going over speed bumps and turning the wheel at the same time. This is for the front. As for the back i hear some clunk when going over rough concrete. Im thinking to replace all the bushings into poly.

 

KRK, what you are describing for the "tok" in the rear is sounding like the sway bar bushings. But, while you are under there, give the shocks a good shake and see if they are moving.

As for the front, that can be a lot of things. I would remove the front wheel and then give things a shake to see what is loose up there. Not to ask a silly question, but does your steering wheel shake when you get it up to between 60-70 mph? If so, you may have an inner tie rod end joint that is starting to get some play and the "tok" that you are hearing is the joint slipping from one side of the play to the other. But, this would only happen under the condition of extreme load (ie, turning the tires and hitting bumps).

 

Hi thermo, no shaking whatsoever. Il try out what you said about talking the wheel out and giving it a good shake.

Lastly once i shake or twist the anti roll bar links should i be able to move them or not?

 

KRK, the sway bar links should be solid. If you push on the end of the sway bar and you get any motion, that would tell me that you have some looseness there and the links should be changed out. Kinda like you can push on the center of the sway bar and be watching the mounts. If you can see the sway bar moving inside the mounts, they need to be changed.

 

Sorry Thermo, i dont quite get the idea.

isnt it i can hold the links at the middle part with 1 hand then i can try to twist it left and right? it should be un twistable? if it twists then that means it needs to be changed?

 

KRK, if you look at the swaybar, it kinda makes a big W and then has little risers on the ends that connect the end of the swaybar to the suspension. The pieces on the end are the swaybar links. The swaybar links may rotate some, but the amount of movement should be minimal when twisting them. The bigger concern is if you push straight up on the sway bar and the end of the swaybar itself can go up and down as it relates to the lower arm of the rear suspension. You get this movement, you need to replace your swaybar end links. Along those same lines, if you push on the center of the swaybar and then watch the swaybar inside of the mounts (where it attaches to the body of the car). If you see the swaybar moving inside of the poly mounts, you need new poly mounts (can be bought through EnergySuspension.com).

 

Ok Thermo, i understand now.

Someone from the dealership also suggested to replace these.

FRONT
Shock Mount
Strut Bearings
Bump Stop
Lower and Upper Insulators

REAR
Bump Stop
Lower and Upper Insulators

Do these really go bad easily?

 

Someone in the Parts and/or Service Department keeping an eye on their bonus?

Very good advice to check condition but OTT to recommend replacing without evidence of wear or indication of a fault which could cause failure.

Graham

 

KRK, like GGG said, someone is shotgunning the problem and figures if you replace the entire front end suspension and a lot of the rear end suspension that the problem will go away. You don't need to replace all that stuff. A quick inspection should show you were the problem is. Then you only need to replace 1 or 2 parts.

 

Ok guys! Thanks for all the help!

 

Ok guys! Thanks for all the help!

 

For future readers, Here was my fix

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-mounts-78930/