how the hell do you fit anti roll bar to a 2wd cossy ive got 1 side in but cannot get the other in i even took out the bottom arm still no joy .i need advice here please

 

will be doing mine tomorrow so any help on possible probs would be nice

 

try and fit em both equal i supose

i had a mare with my mk4 escort roll bar, in the end i took the hub off and then fitted and refitted the rest of it after

 

it's a fooking nightmare and i doubt very much if you can do it on your own, i used some rope, got 1 side in and then with the rope pulled the other side in as much as it would go ( couldn't quite get the threaded end thru the whole but got it nto the 'cup' area) then just used a hammer and lever to get it all the way home. can't remember if this was with it bolted to the chassis or if that was done afterwards though??

 

I had to drop both my bottom arms out on the cabby, Fitted the roll bar to the car then hung on either end to get the arms back in, Just takes patience and alot of strength!!!

 

I use a big ratchet strap to pull the bar together....

 

that's the better/easier idea cos with the rope you get it so close and find you have no more strnegth to go that extra few mm, i was fooking knackered watching my brother pull

 

I do the same as DazC. I can do it now in 5 mins tops, on my own

Before I got the ratchet strap it used to involve getting two burly mates to come and help lol

Best Ł5 I ever spent mate!

Neil.

 

i got 1 side in but now the other side i just cant ive taken the bolts out that hold the control arm to the cros member and put the roll bar in the hole but i can get the control arm in now

 

Neil S
what did you buy and from wher

 

DazC
how would you use that on the roll bar and how much is it and were from

 

abs its available from halfords mate,,,,,,, its a strap that the big arctic lorrys use to seal there curtains up, has a lever on em to tighten em up and take in the slack

 

Pictures...

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...ap&sa=N&tab=wi

Suppliers...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...et+strap&meta=

Wrap it round both sides of the bar so that when you tighten it up, it pulls the ends together. I'd get the big ones so you have a good strong ratchet that you can get lots of leverage onto.

 

i was just about to say it looks like a orange belt from karate lesson when you was a kid

 

b19bal
yes i know now thanksm8 :top: DazCi will try that tomorow b&q sell them 2 will get some and hopefully it will work

 

only way

 

*panto mode*
oh no it isn't!!

I you leave the strut out of the hub on the side your not working on then it will go together as the tension is partially off the roll bar, then use a scaffy pole to push down the anti roll bar to refit the strut to hub, job done, done it loads of times that way..
the reason people have problems is they complete one side then can't do the last bit of the second side because it's all under tension!!

I will however say that I do now own some big straps..just in case

steve

 

easiest way by far

 

take the tca's out first from the inner bolts where they are on the crossmember

if you put the arb into both tcas while they aren't bolted to the crossmember all you need to do is tie the ratchet strap to either end of the tca (where the arb pokes through because its got grip there) and then pull in both sides at the same time

also, as you are putting the bolts through the inner tca get a deep socket and a long extension, you can then lever the bolt with the extension to get it to line up and then twat the end of the extension to drive it home
once it's gone throug just a little you can always screw it all the way through as the threads tend to bind on the crossmember

you need to leave everything thing just that little bit loose on the arb and the inner tcas because the car needs to settle onto the ground, so wheels on and move it back and forth a little to get everything seated properly before you get underneath and tighten the bolts up nigth and tight if you tighten them up before the cars on the deck you might find that you get funny squeaks or that the bushes get tensioned up in the air and then give you funy jiggles as you put them back on the ground

 

Stevie - that's fine if his struts have been out of the hubs recently

Do it the way dojj says - I forgot to say to fit the ARB to the TCA before fitting the TCA inner end to the crossmember

 

I done it now what a mission .I bought the straps and that was wank. but in the end it came in handy when I took the tca of fitted the roll bar to it the strapped it and it worked but had to mess around with the bolt that goes through the tca got there in the end thanks every one for giving advice on the fitting