Drop Links

galwaydude18 · 09-09-2012 4:43pm #1

Im just wondering what excatly drop links on a car do?

Stallingrad · 09-09-2012 4:52pm

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The drop-links connect your car's anti-roll bar to the wishbone.

The wishbone is the part of the suspension that moves up and down and roughly speaking, attaches your car's wheel to the bodyshell.

The anti-roll bar is a spring steel bar that resists the leaning effect when your car corners. It's a separate component to your car's springs and dampers and is connected to the suspension via the drop-links.

Because they contain rubber bushes and move every time your suspension does they wear out, generally quicker that your main suspension bushes because they're smaller and yet still subject to the same movement.

galwaydude18 · 09-09-2012 4:57pm

Ah that's great info there and a very good explanation! Thanks you very much.

I just bought a set for our 00 n16 almera. Would it be the type of job someone that's good with tools could do on the driveway?

Avns1s · 09-09-2012 5:02pm

galwaydude18 wrote: »

Ah that's great info there and a very good explanation! Thanks you very much.

I just bought a set for our 00 n16 almera. Would it be the type of job someone that's good with tools could do on the driveway?

Better to get the car up on a pair of ramps, just for a bit of space but yes, it would be possible to do it on the driveway. Get a can of WD 40, you'll prob need it for the old nuts.

galwaydude18 · 09-09-2012 5:05pm

Ok grand. Herselfs brother inlaw has a pit in his fathers house. He has offered to help me do them there. Just thought it might save me driving over there if I could do them in the driveway.

colm_mcm · 09-09-2012 5:43pm

Getting the old ones off is easy, if they're ever rusted I just take the hacksaw to them.

Check what tools you need to tighten, some use allen keys to hold the bolt and some use a spanner.

colm_mcm · 09-09-2012 5:48pm

Incidentally, I had both types on my fto...

galwaydude18 · 09-09-2012 6:19pm

Cool I have a looksy at the car in the morning and see can I locate the existing ones :-)

galwaydude18 · 13-09-2012 10:25pm

Well I'm glad I used the pit in herselfs brother in laws. I ended up cutting the bolts off the tops of the drop links. The nuts would not come off the last few threads no matter what I tried.

All I can say is that Nissan did not leave a lot of room to use a hacksaw to cut them off.

I can feel a big difference in the car now they are done.

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