My first repair on the Fit...

"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich) 05/26/2019 at 14:07 • Filed to: None

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New sway bar end link...

And the old part:

And the reason why I was getting knocking sounds on certain bumps:

dogisbadob > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/26/2019 at 14:15

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At least you were able to get it off and didn’ t have to cut it off!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/26/2019 at 14:16

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I had to use a sawsall to remove my end links.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/26/2019 at 14:33

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Yup. So annoying, the stock ones on MINIs wear ou t and get noisy too. Pretty easy to replace though.

MM54 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/26/2019 at 14:45

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Man, that’s a long endlink. Well done!

66P1800inpieces > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/26/2019 at 14:50

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That’s an interesting endlink. I wonder if it is a parts bin piece or something purposefully designed to correct some type of issue. I don’t think there are many similar endlinks on small cars with zirk fittings so it makes me think they had a constant squeak or high wear to correct an issue. Nice job!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > dogisbadob 05/26/2019 at 18:29

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The key to making it easy to get off in this case was to have both front wheels off the ground.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > 66P1800inpieces 05/26/2019 at 18:36

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Well it’s 11 years old and the part I took off was a Moog branded part. So it’s probably not OEM. Same deal on the other side which is still ok.

I also bought a grease gun and greased the hell out of both joints on each of the end links... yes... even greased the new part as I saw it recommended in some YouTube videos.

I’m guessing the previous owner (and/or the mechanic they used)  probably didn’t even know these joints needed greasing every now and then

dogisbadob > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 05/26/2019 at 19:07

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The problem getting them off is due to rust and the nut stripping