Installing a BajaRon bar on Highwayman2013’s Rally. It is a cool 100+ in the garage today, what better way to spend a day. I was fortunate enough tp be busy doing something else so I didn’t have to help.
2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
Just be glad you did the BajaRon Bar and not the CanAm Bar. My wife said I actually made up cuss words she had never heard before uninstalling and installing the upgraded CanAn Bar.
I thought I saw a utube video where you cut the old sway bar in half to remove, then you can snake the new BajaRon bar in without removing all the front body parts. Please clarify
whether this is correct or not. Thanks.
Installing a BajaRon bar on Highwayman2013’s Rally. It is a cool 100+ in the garage today, what better way to spend a day. I was fortunate enough tp be busy doing something else so I didn’t have to help.
Around here we call it.......... Slow Cooking!
Cooler days are just around the corner
Identify what you have control over and find peace with what you don't.
I thought I saw a utube video where you cut the old sway bar in half to remove, then you can snake the new BajaRon bar in without removing all the front body parts. Please clarify
whether this is correct or not. Thanks.
I am not familiar with the YouTube video you reference. And I was not able to find it. But you are correct. The BajaRon Ryker sway bar slides in through the wheel. You CAN do the job without removing the front components. But in our experience, it is a much more difficult job to do it that way.
It looks like a lot of work. But removal of the front end parts is very easy and does not take very long. It's only a few steps. This gives you much better access to the nuts/bolts which hold the sway bar to the frame.
If you can find that video and post it here I would appreciate it. Who knows! Maybe they found a better way to do this install.
4 hours, 1 was spent on the bushing hardware. The ABS is right in the way. Cutting the old bar took a couple of tries: hack saw(gave up on that pretty quick) and then a jig saw, then a cut off wheel. Lost a bit of time with hardware going into the black hole, requiring a search. We do have a swamp cooler, and it was not as bad as teaching motorcycle safety on hot asphalt, which I did today. Barely 110 today. Great product, easy to follow instructions, great results! Thanks Ron, and thank you, Len, for allowing me to learn this new part!
This shows the BRP bar installation attempt and covers some real good take the front end apart points. Rons is Much easier but this video would help anyone to be more familiar with the beast.
I thought I saw a utube video where you cut the old sway bar in half to remove, then you can snake the new BajaRon bar in without removing all the front body parts. Please clarify
whether this is correct or not. Thanks.
Well yes you do cut the original bar in half. The bodywork and radiator must still be removed to get to the bushing bolts. Also the left shock (viewing from the front) must be removed so Bajaron's bar can be inserted through the wheel hub.
Well yes you do cut the original bar in half. The bodywork and radiator must still be removed to get to the bushing bolts. Also the left shock (viewing from the front) must be removed so Bajaron's bar can be inserted through the wheel hub.
Actually, there are several ways to do the install with the BajaRon bar kit. There is a way to do it without removing the shock and some other alternatives as well. The instructions I provide give what I think is the overall easiest method for the 1 time installer. If you were an installer like SpyderPops or Lamonster Garage, you would probably do it a bit differently because 1- Time is money. If an installer can save even 10 minutes on an install, that is huge. Not so much for a DIY'er. 2- If you do the install a good number of times, a more technical approach isn't going to give you the same kind of grief that a 1 time installer might have.
There are also considerations about scratching up your new bar. We were not able to do the BRP bar install without scratching it up. The scratches don't do any real harm to the bar. And you can't see the scratches once it is installed. Still, I just don't like scratching up a new part.
For the Factory Upgrade Bar install, there really are no options or shortcuts that I am aware of. Cutting the original bar will get you nothing with the Factory upgrade because you will still have to dismantle everything anyway to get the new BRP bar in.
I bet they stopped you just to admire your new ride....right? Maybe you need to black out that hi-viz accent color...
I know the black out comment was tongue in cheek but I really like the color matched trunk. I would consider something similar to mine in hopes of brightening up an otherwise dark back end. No point in getting run over.
Ryker Fun
Reply With Quote
Originally Posted by SpyderAnn01
Around here we call it.......... Slow Cooking!
