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Jfhaas
05-09-2015, 02:13 PM
Installed the sway bar on my 2015 RT. what a difference. I have 12" drain in driveway. Removed the grate and positioned trike over drain. Jacked trike about 12" and old sway bar and new one went in like a breeze. Drain gave me about 18" of clearance. Just be careful not to drop tool or parts in drain.

BajaRon
05-09-2015, 03:09 PM
Installed the sway bar on my 2015 RT. what a difference. I have 12" drain in driveway. Removed the grate and positioned trike over drain. Jacked trike about 12" and old sway bar and new one went in like a breeze. Drain gave me about 18" of clearance. Just be careful not to drop tool or parts in drain.

Maybe I should add this approach to the instruction sheet!

Bob Denman
05-09-2015, 03:23 PM
Step one:
Have local contractor dig a 12" drainage ditch across your driveway... :D

SpyderAnn01
05-09-2015, 03:29 PM
Great idea. :clap:

cognaccruiser
05-09-2015, 04:07 PM
Kind of like those old oil pits old time garages had instead of hoists. Once had the misfortune of falling in one of those.

Gary

Jfhaas
05-09-2015, 06:57 PM
When we were first married we lived in an apartment on a estate. It had a garage stall and it was great for working on our car. That sort of gave me the idea for the drain.

SarasotaSpyder
05-10-2015, 08:10 AM
What was total time of install?

Jfhaas
05-10-2015, 08:16 AM
About 3 hours. Second time if I had to do it again, about an hour

Chupaca
05-10-2015, 09:21 AM
we are getting more and more ideas on how to lift a spyder so as to work under it. (install Ron's swaybar). :popcorn:'ing for the book "How to lift your spyder 24"'s"...by spyderlovers DIY'ers...:roflblack:

bmwlarry
05-10-2015, 09:29 AM
Installed the sway bar on my 2015 RT. what a difference. I have 12" drain in driveway. Removed the grate and positioned trike over drain. Jacked trike about 12" and old sway bar and new one went in like a breeze. Drain gave me about 18" of clearance. Just be careful not to drop tool or parts in drain.

BRILLIANT!!!

AY4B
05-10-2015, 09:43 AM
Im having a hard time visualizing working from a drain. I just put ramps on the back of my pickup and drove it about half way up. I could easily slide in and out on my creepy crawler.

Brian Kay
05-10-2015, 10:02 AM
Im having a hard time visualizing working from a drain. I just put ramps on the back of my pickup and drove it about half way up. I could easily slide in and out on my creepy crawler.

Love that approach the best... For us guys who have bad backs, that seems to be a comfy position to be laying on the creepy crawler. Now I have to go buy a truck and some ramps lol:roflblack:

AY4B
05-10-2015, 10:38 AM
Love that approach the best... For us guys who have bad backs, that seems to be a comfy position to be laying on the creepy crawler. Now I have to go buy a truck and some ramps lol:roflblack:
When Its a job like the sway bar,where Ive never done one before, the ability to slide in and out easily is very useful. I cant tell you how many times I went under without what I actually needed or had to adjust the angle of my body to crank on something.

ssmcclub
05-10-2015, 12:04 PM
Hardest part of the installation was getting the spyder up 22" after that all went good http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=107267&stc=1http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=107266&stc=1 :opps::opps::opps: it was worth the effort I have a great handling :f_spider: