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dom42 07-13-2022 09:58 PM

The ultimate kdss fix
 
Alright guys. I’ve made two new parts that will help prolong the life of the kdss system. I have so much hard use testing in baja. I’m confident none of my parts will fail in your world.

First part and is the most important part that I’ve made. They are billet locking clamps to replace the factory rubber strap / metal strap that the factory uses to attempt to keep the front sway bar from sliding thru the bushing causing the whole thing to shift over and I’m most cases it shifts over to driver side
And pulls the kdss shock body with it and in turn you will chase a knock. That knock is the front kdss shock smacking the actual frame. This in turn will lead to the shaft being leverage when the shock body bottoms out on the frame. These clamps literally put and end to the sway bar trying to slide thru.

Here’s what’s he stock rubber rings look like when they fail :
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...889a1b70ec.jpg

The fix:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cb1cd59176.jpg


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honda250xtitan 07-13-2022 10:00 PM

yeah buddy! cant wait to install these and the adaptors soon as it cools off here. Tired of looking at my siberian bushings all squished out from the sway bar angle lol.

IslandJim 07-13-2022 10:06 PM

Nice!
 
Nice job, those look great. It clamps over the oem bushing? Whats the other item you said you have made? 2 parts you said. Hope you have another idea, that one is great.

dom42 07-13-2022 10:08 PM

The ultimate kdss fix
 
Ok here’s the next part. Everyone knows when you lift a kdss equipped 4r or gx, the sway bar system has to swing back towards the motor. After a certain amount of lift or down travel. The passenger side runs out of travel because the hard link can not extend and when you end up with is contact between the hard link on pass side and the frame. This will put you droop to a dead stop. Also is a source of why kdss will have a passenger side low lean in som cases.

Well the fox typically was the front drop spacer. This helped by pushing the sway bar back forward because geometry wise that just physically has to happen you have two points that are pivoting off each other ( link and sway bar ). Well the problem with the drop spacer is that it did just that. Lowered the sway bar which caused one to have to modify the skids for it to work and still it will make contact under certain suspension cycling. I hated how low it was.

Anyway , this new part being as thick as I made it , and the mounting holes to actually mount the sway bar back up is slightly raised and clocked pushing the sway bar back forward away from the frame. The clocking will put the bad bushing angle that is created when lifting kdss into the perfect angle… in turn the bushing life will now be extended 100x.

Below is what I’m talking about when not running a drop spacer or my new part. You can see the hard link is resting on the frame and the whole sway bar system can no longer swing back putting your droop to a stop.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8efe68e39e.jpg

The new end adapters shown below will not allow this but also it fixes the bad bushing angle like I mention. Example below

Bad bushing angle (
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...39a6c1d3bf.jpg

Corrected bushing angle with the new adapters
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cbec23b30c.jpg

New end adapters do not work with the front kdss drop spacer unless you have some ridiculously large bracket lift or something. The point was to keep the sway bar up nice and high.



I hope you guys find your way …. #kdsstothenextlevel


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Ryan04 07-14-2022 07:25 PM

Just ordered a set of the KDSS sway-bar end adapters and can't wait to install them!

Cobratuner182 07-14-2022 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan04 (Post 3747583)
Just ordered a set of the KDSS sway-bar end adapters and can't wait to install them!

Where did you order them from?

honda250xtitan 07-15-2022 12:13 AM

i think i can post the link....i bought stuff from his site, solid KDSS accessories. Dr KDSS - KDSS to the next level

mods if i cant let me know .

mscot 07-15-2022 03:32 PM

you have some dope products. that control kit is tempting.

honda250xtitan 07-16-2022 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mscot (Post 3747743)
you have some dope products. that control kit is tempting.

its a fun "luxury" item. i flip the switch everytime i drive it in town.

honda250xtitan 07-16-2022 02:42 PM

dom, i knocked out the collars and the adaptor plates today. literally took me an hour, smoothest, easiest mod i've done. i'd throw pics up but i cant ever get it to work on the desktop version. sent you some via IG.

dom42 07-16-2022 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by honda250xtitan (Post 3747880)
dom, i knocked out the collars and the adaptor plates today. literally took me an hour, smoothest, easiest mod i've done. i'd throw pics up but i cant ever get it to work on the desktop version. sent you some via IG.


Idk what you are talking about bro [emoji28][emoji41][emoji1787][emoji1420]


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mrblah 08-18-2022 09:38 PM

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Dom came through, even when i had to deal with BS issues with USPS.

thanks mang.

honda250xtitan 08-18-2022 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mrblah (Post 3754154)
Dom came through, even when i had to deal with BS issues with USPS.

thanks mang.

sticker works well on the sway bar :artist2:

mrblah 08-18-2022 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by honda250xtitan (Post 3754159)
sticker works well on the sway bar :artist2:

:tea:

mrblah 08-30-2022 08:22 PM

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easy install...

i gotta do the clamps tomorrow cuz its in the middle of a heatwave and i aint got no shade...


Dom's video's on youtube make it really easy to install. Word of advice, use a big ass breaker bar to make life easier.:reddance:


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