tonypai

I just switched to ROW M030 springs all the way around. Car feels great except for one problem.

The right front spring is binding up at full lock. The right sway bar link is too close to the spring. I'm thinking about putting a spacer in there to create a little more room.

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm using the stock drop links. I remember reading a thread about switching to different drop links to cure this problem but I don't remember if it was talking about the front or rear sway bar.

Thanks in advance.

Tony

nile13

Perhaps this depends on the car height? I just put M030 springs over HDs and M030 sway bars with stock drop links in my 993 and it doesn't seem to bind.

Kika

I have ROW M030 springs over Bilstein HDs, have not experienced that.

tonypai

Just the ROW height, so it's not that low.

FisterD

Tony, can you post a pic of it hitting?

Jeff96-993

No problem here with M030 springs. You sure the sway bar was installed correctly? Hard to get the spring/shock mismounted, so I'd look at the sway bar.

Garth S

A second vote for pics ....as this contact is rather unusual.

The sways have locating flanges welded on to position the bar/bushing combo correctly in the mounting brackets - so unless something were seriously bent, I would not suspect the bar.

As the contact happens at full lock - did you check that the car has equal steering wheel rotation to either lock from dead center? ...... Maybe wild speculation which could cost my Rennlist membership , but if a rack were replaced/serviced or incorrectly set up during alignment ...... one tie rod end would be effectively longer than the other. This could lead to an "asymmetric lock", allowing more rotation in one direction than the other as the rack rod approaches its stops.
Simple test is that with the wheel straight ahead, steering wheel dead level across the top bar .... the rack rod "dimple" must be visible and centered in the inspection port behind the plastic plug on the front ahead of the pinion.
Enough speculation .... need pics

tonypai

Ok, here are some pictures. I can't see any evidence of rubbing. You can see the bright shiny red Walrod bushings.

**Correction: They are Tarrett links not OEM**