any one have any of these.i installed my H&R sports yesterday however i didn't get an alignment yet which i know i need to do, the only thing is that when i turn a certain amount i get a clunk on each side, but its not always in the same place depends with the amount of turning, would these correct that or you guys think its something else..it was installed correctly though

 

It took alot of the bump steer out,so it might.

 

i find most lowering springs will clunk a little bit till they get seated. my car still has the odd spring clunk when turning, hardley ever though now. my old car would pop and clunk for the first couple months, got less and less the more i drove it.

 

once your springs get seated it should diminish. i feel the rack spacers would be a wise investment regardless. im getting ready to install these now i've paid close attention trying to feel out the bump steer, and there's quite a bit, more than likely even worse since im lowered.

 

bumping this.


I am getting CRAZY amounts of bump steer on my lowered 2.2

will these help?

 

yes it will definitely help, especially on a lowered car.

 

How do they work exactly?

 

the car is designed as are most cars, to have a range of suspension motion with a minimum disturbance to alignment from the movement of the steering tie rods up and down through ride motion.

look at the car at ride height unlowered, the lower control arm is roughly parallel to the ground. lower the car, the control arms are now angled up at the outboard end. As the control arm moves, it moves the knuckle, which is connected to the steering tie rods. If the car is lowered, the angle exagerates the movement of the steering tie rods.This causes the car to self steer through range of suspension motion. "bump" steer.

raise the rack ,(when you lower the car with spacers,) and "presto" the steering tie rods are back to their quasi "stock" position.

hope this helps

 

Thanks for making that clear

I learn alot on this site!

 

may be some dumb questions here... but do these work on 04 RL and I will need an allignment after I put these on correct?

 

How do you install these things?

Do you need to take the weight off the wheels?

Can it be done on car ramps?

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Dam that was a bitch. I don't think it would have been possible if I had not already removed my header and dp and rear engine mount.

Not fun.

 

You are? I've never had a bit of it since I've lowered the car.

 

OMG... passenger side was easy as pie. Now I am stuck on the drivers side... looks like I will need to unbolt the rear trans mount and raise it just a hair. Otherwise, it was a bit easier than I thought (though this opinion is likely to change).

 

The drivers side is a bitch without the trans mount in the way...

The long bolt hits the firewall and is a pain to get in once the spacer is installed. I recommend not removing the bolt all the way. Leave it in and lift the rack just enough to get the spacer in.

 

That is why I installed them when I put my clutch in. They were so easy to put in with everything already taken apart.

 

I am bring my car to Saturn tomorrow for the clutch. They said they would try to give me a deal...

 

You are cutting it close for break in time for the midwest meet and dyno Eric.

 

Tell me about it! I can drive a few hundred miles by the end of april. I will be down in SEWI this week with the RL. Round trip that will be almost 350. Then another 200 to the CED meet.