Rear drop link adjustment

[evilscorp]

Just had a run in the car after installing the rear eibach roll bar and whiteline drop links, Set them up the same as the front (started off with the same length as the oem drop links then increased the length slightly due to the car being slightly lower) only problem is this is a guestimate due to the wheels being off and the car being on axle stands.

My question is how did everyone else install theirs (without the use of a ramp)

Had the fronts on for a month and they are brilliant/no creaking, but unfortunately the rears creak slightly (well one side for sure, managed to sit the car on wooden planks enough to wriggle under and when pushing up and down on the rollbar/droplink connection point I get a creak .)

Do I just need to try and wriggle under with tools (if possible) and increase the length of the drop link until it is stiff and hard to increase anymore without using force and putting unwanted preload on the rollbar?

 

From under the car

this pic looks like the drop link joint has moved out of the same angle/line as the roll bar holes(could this be causing the click?should be an easy fix,if it is)

 

Cheers for any help

[peteman35]

Drop link should be able to be removed when the Car is on the ground resulting in no preload. If you are lowered and set the links to the original links then that's why they are clicking/knocking

 

 

Just gotta put your arm up under the bumper and undo them till there's no load

[BulletMagnet]

^^ +1

 

Andy @ CS told me the best way to adjust them is finding a garage with a four post lift, then raise car and then undo the locking nuts and then basically just finger tight the main adjuster so there is no load on them, then do lock nuts back up again.

 

Hope this helps

Edited June 29, 2013 by BulletMagnet

[evilscorp]

Ta, will shimmy under the car hopefully with it on the wooden planks and twist my body into weird shapes