I splintered this post from my build thread (here) to spread more information and knowledge to the rest of the community.
As you all know I took Aya into the shop Thursday morning at Miles Muffler in York, PA for PA state inspection & emissions as well as get the exhaust work done (see part two). Comes to my surprise when the mechanic gets me in the waiting room and tells me that I almost didn't pass inspection because of my Driver Side (Left) Sway Bar Endlink just hanging there. Since he knew I did my own work on my car he said as long as I was aware of it and get it fixed with the Moog's I put on the front's he'll pass me. I proceeded to have a conversation about how I took off the front BWoody's due to the fronts being defective as well as the MOOG brand and I told him as soon as the rear Moog's are released to the public I would be swapping them out. He said not a problem and proceeded to pass me and Aya for another year.
Anyway, he walked me back to the garage bay so I could have a look for myself, as the proverb says... "a picture is worth a thousand words", have yourself a look:
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As you can see above the Passenger side (right) BWoody Sway Bar Endlink is properly secured to the Progress 19mm sway bar and the mounting point to the chassis. All is well and good on the right side, but brace yourself for the next picture...
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This is now the SECOND time I have had a BWoody product fail since @Bullfrog an I installed them on August 1st. As you can blatantly see the whole ball pulled out of the socket and is just hanging there. To say I am dissapointed in the BWoody brand is an understatement. This is uncalled for by a company to not have due diligence for their product (as seen here) and blaming everything on their BETA testers when the point of failure was in the design itself.
FURTHERMORE, we installed these to the proper specs (here: Suspension:Complete Front End link replacement How To - Dodge Dart Forum) and re-greased them using the proper greasing method (here: Suspension:Complete Bwoody End Links Rebuild - Dodge Dart Forum) The parts were installed properly, everything was up to par with installation and grease. No one can say I didn't hold up my end of the installation bargain, directions were followed to a "T". Yes, this might be a "one off" thing, but I am not the only one to have BWoody products fail on them.
This is simply a case of a product that is faulty with a company that doesn't stand behind it's products. The design is faulty, the product is failing and the company will not stand behind the product and see the issues (they have always blamed the "beta testers") I strongly urge you NOT to buy BWoody endlinks in the future, but I do not trust this brand anymore with a front endlink permanently bound into place and now a defective rear end-link.
Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me... there won't be a third time as they are uninstalled.
BEWARE OF BWOODY SWAY BAR ENDLINKS
As you all know I took Aya into the shop Thursday morning at Miles Muffler in York, PA for PA state inspection & emissions as well as get the exhaust work done (see part two). Comes to my surprise when the mechanic gets me in the waiting room and tells me that I almost didn't pass inspection because of my Driver Side (Left) Sway Bar Endlink just hanging there. Since he knew I did my own work on my car he said as long as I was aware of it and get it fixed with the Moog's I put on the front's he'll pass me. I proceeded to have a conversation about how I took off the front BWoody's due to the fronts being defective as well as the MOOG brand and I told him as soon as the rear Moog's are released to the public I would be swapping them out. He said not a problem and proceeded to pass me and Aya for another year.
Anyway, he walked me back to the garage bay so I could have a look for myself, as the proverb says... "a picture is worth a thousand words", have yourself a look:
Passenger side (right) BWoody Sway Bar Endlink
Driver side (left) BWoody Sway Bar Endlink
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If that doesn't scream "take these off of your car immediately" I don't know what will. Here is another picture breaking down the point of failure...
This is now the SECOND time I have had a BWoody product fail since @Bullfrog an I installed them on August 1st. As you can blatantly see the whole ball pulled out of the socket and is just hanging there. To say I am dissapointed in the BWoody brand is an understatement. This is uncalled for by a company to not have due diligence for their product (as seen here) and blaming everything on their BETA testers when the point of failure was in the design itself.
FURTHERMORE, we installed these to the proper specs (here: Suspension:Complete Front End link replacement How To - Dodge Dart Forum) and re-greased them using the proper greasing method (here: Suspension:Complete Bwoody End Links Rebuild - Dodge Dart Forum) The parts were installed properly, everything was up to par with installation and grease. No one can say I didn't hold up my end of the installation bargain, directions were followed to a "T". Yes, this might be a "one off" thing, but I am not the only one to have BWoody products fail on them.
This is simply a case of a product that is faulty with a company that doesn't stand behind it's products. The design is faulty, the product is failing and the company will not stand behind the product and see the issues (they have always blamed the "beta testers") I strongly urge you NOT to buy BWoody endlinks in the future, but I do not trust this brand anymore with a front endlink permanently bound into place and now a defective rear end-link.
Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me... there won't be a third time as they are uninstalled.
