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Trail Tailor Extended Sway Bar Links - Install & Review // 100 Series Land Cruiser // LX470
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- Lifting a 100 series Land Cruiser changes the angles of the driveline. If you have already added a differential drop, have you considered the angle of the anti sway bar.
This is an install video of the Trail Tailor 100 Series Land Cruiser Extended Sway Bar Links and the replacement of the Sway bar link bushings. I provide some tips and my opinion on this modification.
Here's a link to Trail Tailor's 100 series Land Cruiser links
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John
@LX_Plore
Will be grabbing an extended length set! Great DIY install video! Thanks Brotha!
Absolutely! Thank you...
Main purpose of the sway bars is to help stabilize during vehicle rollover in corners. So really the only place you may see/feel something is during high speed cornering where the vehicle wants to roll out.
You are correct that the longer links, when coupled with a lift over 1.5", bring the sway geometry back into spec.
mizznfizz1 Thanks for watching the video and I truly appreciate the comment. I definitely feel better about the install and keeping the suspension geometry closer to stock specs.
Clear and concise, thank you!! I'll be doing mine next week as the parts arrive!
Thank you! I really do appreciate it!
original sway bar link came with short i guess the engineer must know sorter the smoother maybe lol
Thanks for watching the video. Not sure shorter is smoother 🤷🏻♂️
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you for watching the video. I really do appreciate the feedback. 💪🏻
subbed.....thanks bro for this upload. I too am gearing up for suspension on my LX470. There seems to be little info out there about the need to replace: rear upper/lower links, front and rear sway bar links and bushings. None of the "kits" sell all of this stuff together. I hate to make an appointment with my mechanic and then need to order more stuff thus taking up valuable time on his lift. Metal Tech 4x4 makes rear links, but they don't sell the sway bar links. You'd think that more sites would have these items for sale.
Thank you for watching. You’re right, there’s only a few vendors that sell sway bar links. If you check ih8mud.com you’ll see that this topic is still in debate. Are extended sway bar links necessary? I believe they are. I don’t think the land cruiser 100 series will ever get the support like the Jeep Wrangler or the 80 series land cruiser.
If you ever develop a clunk issue please make a video on how you fix it. Thank you!
Thanks for watching Matt. I definitely will! Are you experiencing a clunk right now? If so what are the details?
LXPlore clunk from "r" to "d" while parked. Clunk while driving(releasing the gas pedal then pressing again).
Ahhh yeah... have you greased your drive shaft? That has helped my clunk...
LXPlore I did. Clunk goes away but comes back in a week or so.
It is almost certainly the bushing on the front of the front differential. I tried everything to fix my clunk and nothing fixed it. I replaced that bushing and boom. Finally fixed.
Hey I was wondering what you use a jacking point to raise the front? Are you jacking somewhere in the middle of the vehicle or are you lifting on the frame on one side and then the other side?
I’ve used 3 different points in the front to lift the vehicle. All depends what I want to do. To take the tires off I place the jack under the lower control arm. I’ve also placed the jack under the frame rail close to the front passenger or driver seat. I’ve also jacked the vehicle under the diff drop… probably not the best spot, but it worked.
I noticed that you replaced the links and bushings without lifting the vehicle. Keeping the wheel on seems to end up making it quite difficult. Would just lifting the vehicle to just clear the wheels leave things about the same and minimize the pressure on the bar? Also, how have the Nolathane bushings? Thanks for the video?
Great question..You’re right… removing the wheels would’ve made it a little easier. This was more or less a lazy persons way of installing/ replacing away bar links. As for lifting the vehicle and installing the links… I think would make it difficult. The droop of the suspension would add take the links out of alignment and add pressure to the sway bar. I never put it to the test, this is definitely just an opinion. The Nolathane bushings are holding up. Only time will tell. Thanks again for watching.
Hi, I got the same exact bushings you got for the sway bar but they don't fit all the way around. They are 24mm just like the ones you installed. I have a 2000 Lexus LX470. Is that normal? What yours fitment like?
Thanks for watching the video. If I remember correctly mine appeared to not fit perfectly. When I installed then they compressed all the way around. My Lexus is a 2002… I don’t see how the swaybars would be any different.
Great Video! How are the nolathane bushings holding up.? There are few more options online for the Swaybar bushings like Energy Suspension, Superpro, Moog or OEM rubber bushings. I'm planning on doing both sway bar bushings next week. I'll probably buy the Energy Suspension ones coz I like the red color :-p
Thank you very much. The Nolathane bushings are holding up well. They’ve been there for about 6 months, only time will tell if they last longer than the OEM bushings.
That torque spec is wrong. 25 and 52 are N.m the foot lbs are 18 and 38
Thanks for watching the video. I double checked and you’re correct. Thanks for commenting.
After a couple years how are the bushings holding up. Debating to go with Nolathane or oem.
Thanks for watching. The bushings are just as good as the day I bought them.
@@LXPlore Great, thanks!
@@dakotapeterson3920 you’re very welcome
I have almost identical mileage on my 100. I'm waiting for the 200k mark at which time I'll photograph the gauge cluster and upload to Instagram for all the likes. LOL! (@sz_cruiser) Cool video, my front sway bar links are original too and they're definitely in need of some replacements.
stough77 Thank you... gotta get those IG likes... lol btw it was super easy to do. I think I’m gonna do the rear links next.
Those sway bar links looks like for the rear. I replaced my rear links and they are longer than the front ones.
The rear links for the 100 series are slightly different. Longer and slightly different. My next purchase will the rear links from Trail Tailor.
These are extended links for the front for those that have lifts on their 100 series
Nicely done but....put anti-seize on those bolts!!!!! ;-)
Thanks for watching. Yeah wouldn’t be a bad thing to do.
Hi from lx_pedition
SWERVO513 how’s it going?
Anyone instal extended links in front or rear? I'm throwing an iron man 2inch lift on but am still unsure if they'll make a difference. Especially after dropping over a grand idk if $100+ for new links that might not make a difference is worth it. Thoughts?
Thanks for watching the video. I installed the extended links in the front and the rear. I wanted to bring the suspension geometry back in as close to stock as possible. When installing that 2 inch lift you might also want to look into a diff drop. These 100 series land cruisers and LX 470’s really operate best when they’re close to factory specs.
@@LXPlore Thanks for the reply. I ordered a diff drop too. I may hold off and just see how the sway bar looks after putting on the suspension. I went back and read more about how you don't really need it on smaller lifts, but also it still seems to be debated heavily
@@njrepresent200 yep no problem. You’re absolutely right, there’s a lot of controversy on this with no real hard facts to support either side. Thanks again
What is the benefit of longer sway links?
SWERVO513 I’d say it’s more of a peace of mind that everything is closer to oem specs. I don’t have any measurements of before and after travel height. I’m sure it helps with down travel. I need to take it off road.
SWERVO513, the benefit to him is because he already lifted the front. If I added extended sway bar links to my stock 100 series, it wouldn’t make sense because my front is not lifted.
Took me a while to realize this but yeah. Somebody downvote me if I’m wrong lol.
Heyy brother from punisher_l3
Kenneth beaujin Thanks brotha!
Good video but money spent better elsewhere
Thank you for watching the video.