aFe Power 440-401006-N User manual

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Description: Heavy Rate Racing Sway Bar Pillow Mounts
Part Number: 440-401006-N
Tools Needed:
•18mm box end wrench
•15mm open end wrench
•2 x 9/16 open end wrenches
•3/4 box end wrench
•13mm socket and ratchet
•18mm socket and ratchet
•6mm Allen
•5/16 Allen wrench
•1/4 Allen wrench
•3/32 Allen wrench
•Torque wrench
•Floor Jack & Jack Stands
Description:
This upgrade is intended to replace the polyurethane bushings and OEM mounts,
with solid bushings for racing applications.

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Front Pillow Block Installation
Start by disconnecting the end link from the sway bar arm. Remove the sway bar arms by
loosening the pinch bolt, and slide the arm off the bar. Using a 3/32 allen, loosen the set
screws on the centering rings. Slide the centering ring off the bar.
Using a press, press the bushings into the pillow block with the bushing shoulder towards
the outside of the vehicle.
Apply supplied grease to bushing and slide the pillow block down the sway bar with the
bushing shoulder towards the outside of the vehicle.
Using the factory bolts, torque the mounting bolts to 58 N-m (43 ft-lbs). Test the
movement of the sway bar.
You should be able to rotate the bar by hand with moderate force on the ends of the arms.
Reinstall the centering ring and tighten the 3/32 allen set screw.

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Rear Pillow Block Installation
Start by disconnecting the end link from the sway bar arm. Remove the sway bar arms by
loosening the pinch bolt, and slide the arm off the bar. Using a 3/32 allen, loosen the set
screws on the centering rings. Slide the centering ring off the bar.
Using a press, press the bushings into the pillow block with the bushing shoulder towards
the outside of the vehicle.
Apply supplied grease to bushing and slide the pillow block down the sway bar with the
bushing shoulder towards the outside of the vehicle.
Using the factory bolts, torque the mounting bolts to 58 N-m (43 ft-lbs). Test the
movement of the sway bar.
You should be able to rotate the bar by hand with moderate force on the ends of the arms.
Reinstall the centering ring and tighten the 3/32 allen set screw.

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Sway Bar Arm Installation Procedure
Your Pfadt Series sway bars were shipped with the arms assembled onto the bar, but if
you have to remove and re-install the arms for any reason, follow this procedure.
Insert the installation tool into the end of the sway bar and use it to help align the splines
in the arm to the splines on the sway bar. On the front sway bar, the angle between the
dip in the bar and the slot in the arm for the pinch bolt should be roughly 90 degrees.
On the rear sway bar, the angle between the dip in the bar and the slot in the arm should
be roughly 55 degrees.
Align the pinch bolt hole with the groove in the splines on the end of the bar and install
the pinch bolt. Torque to 18 N-m (13 ft-lbs).
Front Pinch Bolt Rear Pinch Bolt
Repeat this procedure for the other side. It is helpful to place the bar and arms on a flat
surface to help index the arms from side to side. Some amount of misalignment is typical
and is not a concern. This misalignment will be accounted for with the adjustable end
links.
Installation Tool
Installation Tool

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End Link Assembly
Assemble each of the end links as shown below. The end of the turnbuckle with left hand
threads is denoted by the incomplete wrench flats. Adjust two of the end links to
approximately 90 mm for the front sway bar and two of them to approximately 80 mm for
the rear sway bar. It is not necessary to tighten the jam nuts at this time.
Install Front End Links
Install one of the 90mm long end link assemblies onto each of the front lower control
arms. Use a 15mm open end wrench on the flats of the heim joint stud to prevent it from
rotating as you tighten the nut using an 18mm socket. Torque to76 N-m (56 ft-lbs).
OTE: To prevent thread galling, do not use a high-speed driver such as an
impact gun on the flange nut. Only tighten by hand and torque to spec.
End Link
Length

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Center the sway bar on the subframe so that the length from the bushing bracket to the
end of the bar is the same on both sides. Slide the centering rings next to the bushings
and lock in place using the provided set screws. Tighten the set screws with a 3/32 Allen
wrench.

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Attach the sway bar arms to the end links. Place the spacer between the arm and the
end link as shown below and secure with the bolt and nut. The spacer must be properly
installed to allow the heim joint to articulate adequately through full suspension travel
without binding. Torque the bolt to 45 N-m (33 ft-lbs).

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Install Rear End Links
Install one of the 80mm long end link assemblies onto each of the rear lower control
arms. Use a 15mm open end wrench on the flats of the heim joint stud to prevent it from
rotating as you tighten the nut using an 18mm socket. Torque to 76 N-m (56 ft-lbs).
OTE: To prevent thread galling, do not use a high-speed driver such as an
impact gun on the flange nut. Only tighten by hand and torque to spec.

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Center the sway bar on the subframe so that the length from the bushing bracket to the
end of the bar is the same on both sides. Slide the centering rings next to the bushings
and lock in place using the provided set screws. Tighten the set screws with a 3/32 Allen
wrench.

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Attach the sway bar arms to the end links. Place the spacer between the arm and the
end link as shown below and secure with the bolt and nut. The spacer must be properly
installed to allow the heim joint to articulate adequately through full suspension travel
without binding. Torque the bolt to 45 N-m (33 ft-lbs).