Looking for parts

[sl2fast]

I'm looking for the bushings that will fit the 17.5mm sway bar and the locking collars. SPS had them but they dont have em anymore.

[Anonymous]

these?

[Plastic Fury]

these?

Real nice, tease him with a photo of yours lol.

yeah, those collars and the bushings for the 17.5 (yellow) bar.

[sl2fast]

yep, that would be them, where can i get them.

[lilcraigford]

You can't get a pair of 17.5 mm bushings from Energy Suspension? I'd like to say that the SPS ones were merely that. I don't know though, I didn't buy, I spent free time with a rat file reeming out some 15's that came with my bushing kit.

[Brandon94sc2]

Im sure you can get the bushings from energy. As far as the collars i remember someone using bike seat clamps but dont remember how they worked.

[sl2fast]

I wouldnt trust a bike seat clamp, plus this bar isnt as big as a seatpost. Might just have to do the 15mm collars and file them out like you craig, but as for the bushings, i might send off an email to energy, unless someone has a link to where these might be had.

[will_c]

The closest I've found to the 17.5mm (0.6895 inches) is an 11/16 (0.6875 inches) clamp collar. Should work just fine. These can be had in a variety of finishes from McMaster Carr.

Heres a link: McMaster-Carr

Heres the part number: 6436K28

Thats for the black oxide. They have a zinc plated version for a little more. Heres the part number: 2380K21

I ordered my clamp collars for the 19mm bar from them and they worked great. Very fast shipping as well.

[sl2fast]

Thanks a ton man, you dont know how happy you just made me!


as for bushings will these work? http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku


i know they have the brackets, but can the bushings be removed from there to use the oem bracket?

[Plastic Fury]

Lol, I just linked that same thing.

I don't see why not. That should fit into your oem bracket.

[Budman]

Not to sound dumb, but is it necessary to put on the larger bushings and brackets on the 17.5mm swaybar? I managed to get the regular sized bushings from the Energy Suspension poly bushing kit and the stock brackets on there and tightened down. I realize that it would make it harder for the bar to move/twist, but is that necessarily a bad thing?

[lilcraigford]

Not to sound dumb, but is it necessary to put on the larger bushings and brackets on the 17.5mm swaybar? I managed to get the regular sized bushings from the Energy Suspension poly bushing kit and the stock brackets on there and tightened down. I realize that it would make it harder for the bar to move/twist, but is that necessarily a bad thing?

Be careful with that. There was a thread kicking around about some guy that did this; it put enormous stress on the crossmember and actually damaged it.

[SupraCharged007]

yea someone did that with the Progress bar I think.

and im pretty sure you dont need upgraded brackets for the 17.5 if you have the correct bushings right?

[sl2fast]

better safe than sorry. It would be like extra insurance you could say

[Plastic Fury]

Yeah, that was my buddy Jon who put the Progress 19MM bar into his Energy 17.5 bushings. It actually broke a part of the crossmember off, way too tight.

The larger bushings are the same size, just with a larger inner diameter, they should fit into the oem brackets just fine.