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After installing the front sway bar the power steering line from the PS pump to the rack is hitting the sway bar.
It's the line that comes out of the rack goes down in front of the rack and then cuts sideways across the subframe over to the passenger side and the loops around and comes back up to attach to the PS pump.
It's fixed on the bottom of the sway bar next to the rack (driver side) and on the top of the sway bar where it attaches to the motor and the hard line fitting/ soft line comes way too close but also will be too close (against the oil pan) to the sway bar on the passenger side
Anybody have a similar issue on install? Has anybody just reformed (carefully bent) the hard line to gain clearance and moved the line location on passenger side to avoid contact?
Thanks for any replies
Hary
BTDT.
Opening post was way too long and yes I’ve already reached out to VVK.
Hopefully others who have already made their own work around might be willing to share some ideas on what they did
Here are some photos of the issue
2015 SL400 (M276 Turbo), 2014 C350 Sport (M276 NA), 2004 SL500 (M113), 2004 Audi TT225 (BEA)
I had purchased one of their first sway bar kits a few years ago, but never installed it. Finally sold it to some guy in England.
From what I remember, it mounts to the frame with a mount on either side of the car. I wonder if a longer or shorter sway bar link would rotate it away from that hose. Or, can one of the hose mounts be unbolted so there's not the stress on the hose. But I agree, that is not a long-term configuration.
I got a return call from VVK and they were very helpful.
They said the hard line to the rack could be bent downward and the pass side remounted.
A better solution they tried on one of their own cars was an 05 C320 line. Shorter and tidier The numbers for an R230 SL350 don't seem to exist
I appreciate their response and care for their product.
I'm checking out sources to buy a high pressure C320 line but if anyone has done this successfully with an R230 SL350 line or what ever, by all means post it for others here
Thanks
12-28-2023, 06:29 PM
