I went to autozone, and brought swaybar endlinks moog/duralast the boxes are equal, but one of them has a softer rubber, and says thats was made on india, the other 3 are a little more hard, im replacing the entire suspencion, should i change them to get a complete set of the same type? is gonna feel diferent? the part number is xk 5252 thanks

 

You probably should swap 'em out for the Energy Suspension ones - I bought a set for mine for $18.99, complete, both sides, brand new everything, including hardware.

 

I'd definately exchance for a matching set.

 

 

^^This...or get a set of front and rear from Spohn (front and rear are the same part number).

I'd go poly over rubber anyday.

 

The ES ones at Advance Auto (and prolly others) is poly.

 

^^ YUP

I run ES on the front and Spohn on the rear. Doesn't really matter as the front and rear are the same part number regardless.

BTW might as well pick up some poly bushings at the same time. I know Spohn and TDS have a good supply of various sizes.

 

Yep. Made by trw and the poly bushings are red.

Cheers!!

 

HELP !! I just bought a front set of ES end links, the size is; 2 5/8" The spacer is 3/8" longer than the spacers that came off. ( i don't know if they had been replaced by a previous owner). The new 2 5/8" ES are listed at autozone, Advance auto as being replacement for my T/A. Anybody having an issue with the longer spacer? I dont want to cut the spacer as some have suggested. I have not put these on yet, i want to be sure they are correct to use. I'm installing new TDS swaybar bushings and steering brace at same time.

Anybody?

Thanks ...

( Stock Height, not lowered )

 

The ES Links I purchased were longer (spacer) than the Spohn ones. I put the ES on the front (along with new bushings and UMI wonderbar) and Spohn on the rear.

No issues so far.

 

So the front and rear end links can be different lenghts? I thought they were the same lenght?

 

there the same.

 

They should to be the same length (and same part number).

However, ES links are longer than Spohn's. Doesn't really matter if you mix and match.

 

I think that i read somewhere that the Sway bar should be parallel to the ground after the end links are installed. If you install them and there's an angle, you know that it's wrong and correct accordingly.

 

I returned the ES endlinks, as i didn't want to have any issue due to the spacer being longer. I bought a set of Moog Thermoplastic endlinks after much research. They are stock length, cost me about 4 bucks more, but it looks good. I added the TDS steering brace, TDS greasable swaybar bushings and brackets all at the same time. On to the rear, if it would just warm up! Man its cold!

Thanks,

 

You want Moog part # K6630 both front and rear. They are the hard blue bushings, and the retaining washers are robust compared to the originals.

The only thing I had to do was cut 1/4" off the spacer sleeves for them to be exactly the same length as the O.E. end links that I removed.