true... but the look of it seems like a clean break... i cant see why the others wouldnt break either

 

ok so he could have gotten a bad part from his supplier....shit happens

 

Ouch... that is no good!

 

No, not good at all... I am really pissed and now I have a stabilizer bar just laying there not connected to anything.

 

icedgalant on tgc had a heim joint snap as well

 

Oh chit. :facepalm:

Seems our "horribly brittle" stock ones may not be so bad afterall, or are the COMPLX ones just... worse?

 

Don't blame Complx for the heim joint failing, its manufacturing where the issue is!

 

I'm not blaming him for them failing but I do feel he should have used stronger joints... Now I am just waiting to see what hes willing to do to correct the problem...

 

heim joints come in different metals for different applications. its is possible that a lower grade metal got thown in by accident. think of a box of bolts at a hardware store. sometimes things get mixed up. but these things should always be checked prior to shipping.

 

I'm not blaming them for the joint issue, just the messed up order for me. Still haven't heard back.

 

I'm waiting to hear from him about these helm joints to see if he's going to do anything about it or if I just lost my money...

 

They the joints extended out too much or what? :dunno:

 

They were set to the stock bar higth... Waiting to hear from Complex still...

 

Anyone have a phone number for Complex?? Thanks

 

I'm with you there, have a incorrect order sent to me and havent heard a thing in a week, here or in my email and yes i have emailed about the order.

 

that sux man i hope complx can take care of it cause i wanted to get my set too

 

ph # should be somewhere in this thread, if not it is on TGC. I will go look for it on TGC

edit: here you go 801-803-1584

 

Thanks Flie, just checked my email and my issue is taken care of, thanks complx.

 

Install problem

of course the heim joint will break if you install it like that. Looking at the picture, one heim joint is threaded all the way into the aluminum bar, then one is extended ALL THE WAY OUT, and the JAM NUT is near the TOP!!?!?!?!

Of course its going to break like that, these are designed to be ONE INCH SHORTER THAN STOCK, even if you put them to stock length, why would you extend ONE SIDE and not the other. They are threaded LH and RH so you can EASILY SPIN them out/in as needed. Iced out broke his too, because it was over extended.

I am more than happy to help you "fix" this matter. The joints are plenty strong, they arent designed to be extended like you have them. and why is the jam nut so high up?

I have these on a car here that has been all but jumped at this point, tis been tracked hard on R compounds, and never had an issue at all.

 

he may have threaded it out AFTER it broke to see WTF happened, so don't jump down his throat either.

 

It clearly broke where the Jam nut was randomly threaded to.
with one heim joint threaded ALL THE WAY in, the other one wouldnt reach without being fully extended. So this is simply an install issue.

 

or lets imagine here that the rod was threaded in to where the jam nut is, then the link is in its fully short position. lets also imagine that after it broke it bounced around and may have unthreaded itself some. lets also imagine that as i said above, he unthreaded it to see what happened.

why are you on the defensive here? if theres no problem with the product then you won't have others breaking and you don't need to blame your customers.

 

sighs, i guess one of us is going to have to do a damn tutorial on these so that this stops happening. luckily my car is in the air right now again with the wheels off so ill tackle this over the weekend.
and it will be step by step with little symbols where some people need others to hold their hands and show them simple tasks. i dont know why people cant ask before doing something, ruin a part or a situation and then blame it on the proprietor of the broken parts or materials. people just ask, there is no harm in that.

 

If the rod thats clearly extended int he pictures, was threaded all the way to where the jam nut is, there is no way he ever would have been able to bolt it up.

I am not just guessing here, I am using deductive reasoning.

 

precisely why im going to do the write-up. thanks for understanding the process iceman. hopefully others will see the light soon enough

 

I was thinking install flaw, good to know the product is still good

 

I installed them all at the same hidth... I made one side screwed in all the way after i took it off simply so that I wouldn't lose it... Complex Pls contact me so that we can work out this issue.... Thanks -Tim

 

You screwed it in all the way while it was on your car? :scratch:

 

^-- Or what.. :lol:

 

Well, if you look at the end thats still connected in the picture, it's clearly screwed all the way in. :scratch:

 

I didn't mean to be taken serious on that post. I see it too.

It looks like he 1) installed it that way. or 2) screwed the end back down on the car after it broke for some reason.

 

no he just simply installed them wrong. once they are installed correctly they look nothing like that. ill have the tutorial up in a few hours