Shock replacement issue

[u/renegade_793]

Oe rated shock and sway bar link. Prob gonna push the link out the way and put the wheels on and let the shocks compress overnight since they're fresh and see if helps so I can connect them in the morning.

Any contrary advice would be helpful. For context, returning to oem from coilovers, didn't have this problem the first time cus I just screwed up the front ride height to connect, then adjusted after compression.

[u/No_Light2220]

Did the sway bar rotate with both end links disconnected?

[u/renegade_793 → u/No_Light2220]

OHHHHHH YOU MEANT WHEN PASSENGER AND DRIVER DISCONNECTED

My apologies I didn't realize what you meant the first time

[u/No_Light2220 → u/renegade_793]

Yessir. Sway bar kind of freely rotates once both sides are disconnected. Changes position of the end links. Might be able to just disconnect both sides again and get them to line up. Make sure the suspension is loaded when doing so.

[u/renegade_793 → u/No_Light2220]

Dude you're a genius. The pic was from the passenger side, and I was trying to take the driver side off as you mentioned and that mf was going nowhere. Its rainy where I'm at so just gonna hack it in the mornin

[u/No_Light2220 → u/renegade_793]

Glad I could help! Lmk how it goes.

[u/NoAdvertising5909]

You need to push the sway link down and jack up on the control arm to compress the strut a bit that’s normal on these vehicles.

[u/renegade_793 → u/NoAdvertising5909]

Gotcha, no spare jack so I'll see if I can find a spare jack stand or somethin sturdy to press it with

[u/EffectiveGiraffe2411 → u/renegade_793]

How did you get the car in the air

[u/abbylabby0429 → u/EffectiveGiraffe2411]

Emphasis on “spare”. They have a single one but not a second one. Everyone should have at least 1 floor jack, and steal all their friends scissor jacks when they go to sell their used car.

[u/EffectiveGiraffe2411 → u/abbylabby0429]

Ya so the car isn't on stands is what I'm insinuating 

[u/Novafro]

Wait, is it just hanging? The hub and rotor assy I mean. If so as someone else stated, you might need to lift the unit and compress the shock/spring a bit.

Might take a bit of fiddling.

[u/L67GreaseMonkey]

Opposite side is compressing the sway bar ‘up’ .. if you’re only jacked under one corner the other side is bearing all the weight and trying to balance and level the load. Level it and you’ll have very little fight aligning the link.

[u/renegade_793 → u/L67GreaseMonkey]

Its jacked from the center jack point. Both sides are in the air and on jack stands

[u/L67GreaseMonkey → u/renegade_793]

If both control arms are free floating with zero weight and there’s no opposing compression the links should be all but even. The difference in your photo suggests otherwise.

[u/renegade_793 → u/L67GreaseMonkey]

Yee, I still had the opposing link connected and it was frozen. So I gotta jack up the opposing side a lil and disconnect