Please let us know how SPL handles this.

 

will do.

here's what the bolt looks like:

 

Sorry to hear that, and thanks for the warning. Another one like yours about SPL turned me off to buying them, I just rec'd the links from Z1, they're going in tonight. It's hard to believe people can sell the links like SPL and in several posts I've seen 3 weeks, 3 months, person who bought them is screwed.

Don't they put any warranty on their product?

 

very sorry to hear that...try this one...
http://z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?model...ng&prodid=2886

 

subscribing...

 

Yes they fix it...one of the guys who got a broken bolt was a friend...SPL fixed it w/o any argument...his was very possibly due to improper install (Nissan Dlr)...but SPL sent him new parts.

 

I have white line end links, and this same thing happened to me, twice! First time white line replaced the links, even though it was only the bolt that broke. Just the other day, another bolt broke, waiting to hear back from them. I will prob go with power grid after this happened again. I even adjusted the links to have zero preload with weight on the wheels. O well, I hope to have better luck with the power grid pieces

 

Forgot to add, both breaks looked identical to that one pictured. And also both happened when angling the car up a driveway with an angle to it so that I didn't scrape. So I feel safe saying we both had the same problem, whether it be defective bolts, or something else

 

^ closely closely inspect the pictures............

the bolt used is a spec'd machined "shoulder bolt"....google it..

They use bolts machined 1/2" diameter in order to use lower cost 1/2" rod ends then since the hole in the sway bar and translink is an m12 hole (ie, dimensionally smaller) they machine the threaded section to fit the sway bar........thus giving the end user a "special" bolt thats weaker and hard to replace...

Replacement option:
purchase M12x1.75-65mm long 10.9 grade zinc coated bolts, then use prevailing torque lock nuts, then wrap the shank section of the bolt with aluminum tape strip......at the very least its a good trackside replacement for those users with this problem..

-J

 

interesting, i will be going with powergrids now to see how they fare

 

I had Whiteline, they fell apart in under two months. Powergrids have been in about two months no issues.

 

I made my own....

These are my rears:
https://my350z.com/forum/8954019-post22.html

-J

 

^ what kind of angles do those support? im mainly looking for some that will support high angles, thats why i like the powergrids

 

I have the SPL Endlinks front and rear, the rears are perfect and stay tight and make no noise..

but the fronts always get loose, I used locktite to try and prevent that from happening but it keeps coming loose, does anyone know how I can stop it from coming loose?

 

Yes....do my replacement option i mention here....

the prevailing torque lock nuts, top lock nuts, stover nuts - those are all names used for them, they are simply "all metal lock nuts"

These shown in the first picture:
https://my350z.com/forum/8293580-post16.html


I know for sure they work, as i use them on my front endlinks shown here:
https://my350z.com/forum/8293643-post22.html

-J

 

Alright sweet!

Did you buy the new bolts and nuts online or at a hardware store?

Thanks!

 

search for a local metric bolt supply store............

but you can order from:
metric and multi-standard in Irving, TX as well..

-J