 Anybody Have This 22mm Weltmeister Front Sway Bar?, Don't understand what keeps it centered |
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| Lucky9146 |
 Apr 20 2018, 09:52 PM
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Always Wanted A Bigger Go Cart  Group: Members Posts: 1,663 Joined: 22-September 14 From: Poway California Member No.: 17,942 Region Association: Southern California 
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This sway bar here
 My driver side looks like this  And my passenger side looks like this  Seems to be some room on either side of the bushing cup totaling abut 1.75 in. for the bar to wander off to one side as mine did. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) You can weigh in here on go to my thread page 31 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=261197 Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/white914.jpg) |
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| Lucky9146 |
Apr 25 2018, 10:53 AM
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Always Wanted A Bigger Go Cart Group: Members Posts: 1,663 Joined: 22-September 14 From: Poway California Member No.: 17,942 Region Association: Southern California
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Finally came to the realization that the drop links on mine are incorrect and way too short. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
This can be seen from the picture sent by wysri9 here. At the time this photo was posted I was more concerned with the slider arm and all the extra space to the cotter pin to digest this now obvious fact. It wasn't until I tried to reassemble that things just did not make sense.  Spoke with Jason at Paragon Products in Corpus Christie TX and he confirmed it. The drop link should be 6 7/8" long and mine is only 4 7/8' long. Explains a lot. The front suspension was so pre-loaded and the A arms actually hung on the sway bar arms as opposed to the struts. Now I understand why it was so hard to get it apart. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) A full 2" too short? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Keep in mind I barely have this thing on the road, still sorting out the bugs and break the engine in, so very few miles yet to guage anything. Parts on order. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/white914.jpg)  |
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| jcd914 |
Apr 25 2018, 05:30 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Lucky9146 @ Apr 25 2018, 09:53 AM)  Finally came to the realization that the drop links on mine are incorrect and way too short. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) This can be seen from the picture sent by wysri9 here. At the time this photo was posted I was more concerned with the slider arm and all the extra space to the cotter pin to digest this now obvious fact. It wasn't until I tried to reassemble that things just did not make sense. Spoke with Jason at Paragon Products in Corpus Christie TX and he confirmed it. The drop link should be 6 7/8" long and mine is only 4 7/8' long. Explains a lot. The front suspension was so pre-loaded and the A arms actually hung on the sway bar arms as opposed to the struts. Now I understand why it was so hard to get it apart. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) A full 2" too short? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Keep in mind I barely have this thing on the road, still sorting out the bugs and break the engine in, so very few miles yet to guage anything. Parts on order. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/white914.jpg) The correct length for your drop link is dependent on the ride height of your car. Ideally the sway bar arm should be parallel to the ground when the car is settled on its suspension. So the length of the drop link would be different depending on your ride height. I have shortened many sets of drop links to match them to teh car they are going on. I think the Weltmeister drop links are too long to begin with except for car sitting at full height. I would wait to change the drop links until you can get the car on the ground and settled and see where the are is. Jim |
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| Lucky9146 |
Apr 25 2018, 08:48 PM
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Always Wanted A Bigger Go Cart Group: Members Posts: 1,663 Joined: 22-September 14 From: Poway California Member No.: 17,942 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(jcd914 @ Apr 25 2018, 04:30 PM) QUOTE(Lucky9146 @ Apr 25 2018, 09:53 AM) Finally came to the realization that the drop links on mine are incorrect and way too short. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) This can be seen from the picture sent by wysri9 here. At the time this photo was posted I was more concerned with the slider arm and all the extra space to the cotter pin to digest this now obvious fact. It wasn't until I tried to reassemble that things just did not make sense. Spoke with Jason at Paragon Products in Corpus Christie TX and he confirmed it. The drop link should be 6 7/8" long and mine is only 4 7/8' long. Explains a lot. The front suspension was so pre-loaded and the A arms actually hung on the sway bar arms as opposed to the struts. Now I understand why it was so hard to get it apart. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) A full 2" too short? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Keep in mind I barely have this thing on the road, still sorting out the bugs and break the engine in, so very few miles yet to guage anything. Parts on order. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/white914.jpg) The correct length for your drop link is dependent on the ride height of your car. Ideally the sway bar arm should be parallel to the ground when the car is settled on its suspension. So the length of the drop link would be different depending on your ride height. I have shortened many sets of drop links to match them to teh car they are going on. I think the Weltmeister drop links are too long to begin with except for car sitting at full height. I would wait to change the drop links until you can get the car on the ground and settled and see where the are is. Jim This is an excellent point you make about ride height. My car is very low so maybe they were correct? I will check it out more. Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/white914.jpg)  |
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I have dealt with this in a few ways.
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