Sport Sway Bar Kit 22102 2005 Mustang Thank you for your purchase from our new line of Mustang parts. Please call us at 877 - 4NO - ROLL if you have any questions regarding the service or installation of your Hotchkis Performance products. Installation of Hotchkis Front Sway Bar 1F Raising Vehicle Securely block the rear wheels of the vehicle. Use a jack to lift up the front of the vehicle and use jack stands to support it. Do not remove the front wheels during installation for safety.
F Observe Front Bar Once the car is raised, observe the position of the front bar and take note of it’s orientation. 3F Remove Subframe Mounts Locate the 2 subframe bushing mounts. Loosen and remove the nuts that secure the bushing brackets to the frame.
4F Remove Endlinks and Remove Bar At the ends of the bar, loosen and remove nut that secures the endlinks to the sway bar. The stock bar is now loose and free to be remove. 5F Lube Hotchkis Bushing Grease the inner surface of the Hotchkis bushing with the provided lube.
6F Install endlinks onto Sway bar ends Install the Hotchkis bar ends onto the stock endlinks. At this time, determine how stiff you would like your front sway bar. The hole closest to the end is the softest setting. Reuse the stock nut to attached the endlink to the sway bar. Fasten but do not fully tighten these nuts at this time. Leaving these semi loose will aid the rest of the installation.
8F Install Hotchkis subframe mounts Rotate the bar up into position and install the Hotchkis bushing brackets onto the subframe. Fully tighten the subframe nuts to secure the bushing bracket. 9F Fully Tighten Endlinks The endlink nuts can now be fully tightened.
10F Double Check Hardware Make sure all hardware is fully tightened before driving the vehicle.
Installation of Hotchkis Rear Sway Bar 1R Raising Car Securely block the front wheels of the vehicle. Use a jack to lift up the rear of the vehicle and support with jack stands. As with the front installation, you should not remove the rear wheels. 2R Observe Rear Bar Once the car is raised, observe the position of the rear bar and take note of it’s orientation. 3R Remove Drop links Locate the 2 drop links attaching the chassis and the sway bar.
5R Install New Hotchkis Drop links Lube the surface of the drop link bushings and install in the same manner as the stock units. Reuse the stock mounting bolt. Fasten but do not fully tighten this bolt at this time. Leaving these semi-loose will aid the rest of the installation. 6R Lube Hotchkis Bushing Grease the inner surface of the Hotchkis bushing with the provided lube.
7R Install Hotchkis Bushing onto the sway bar Once the endlinks are attached, spread open the bushing and install the greased bushing onto the sway bar. 8R Install Sway bar to the Drop Links Position the sway bar up close to the drop links and install the bushing brackets as shown in the picture. Use the provided nuts & bolts. You may fully tighten these bolts.
9R Prepare Axle Mounts Grease the inner surface of the Hotchkis bushing with the provided lube and place the Hotchkis bracket over it. Next, slide the Hotchkis axle mount peg into the bushing. 10R Install Axle Mounts Using the same stock nuts, install the axle mounts in the same manner as the stock units. The tapped hole in the axle mount peg should face inboard toward to the sway bar.
R Attaching Sway Bar to Axle Mounts At this time, determine how stiff you would like your rear sway bar. The hole closest to the end is the softest setting. Use the provided bolt & washer to secure the sway bar to the axle mounts. Fully Tighten the bolts. 12R Fully Tighten Drop Link Once the sway bar ends are secured, you can now fully tighten the top mounting bolt for the drop links from step 5R.
13F Double Check Hardware Make sure all hardware is fully tightened before driving the vehicle.
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