I just found while rotating my tires that the end of one of the threaded bolts on my RSB clamps was cutting its way through my rear brake lines. It was happening on both sides of the car. The end of the threads is fairly sharp and it must rub each time the suspension passes by. Its not obvious when the car is jacked up with the wheel off because in that position the brake line and clamp are nowhere near each other. I think it can be solved by reversing the bolt and putting the much shorter head on the inside. I thought I followed the instructions pretty carefully and find this to be a pretty shocking discovery. The cuts are deep enough that I'll be replacing these brake lines soon. If you've installed one of these and don't recall which direction you installed the bolts you might want to take a good look.

 

Do you have the hex bolts on the outside? You may want to call Stillen about this. This is serious. I'll inspect my car very soon. I've noticed recently I get an occasional thunk during high speed cornering. It almost sounds like my RSB comes in contact with the beam.

 

get a peice of metal wiring.. a thick peice of wirign.. well not a wire. but kinda like a paper clip but much stiffer. bend on end into a "U" and hang the brake line on it, bend the other end into "O" so you can bolt that down now you have a support for the brake lines...

the above are just suggestion for how to fix the problem. if u mess up then it is your fault. and not mine

 

Sounds serious. Thanks for the info.

 

This moring I reversed the bolts and there is indeed enough clearance for the hose to move by. In hindsight I find that the instructions did mention installing the rearmost bolt with the head inwards. Obviously I glossed over it, my fault. However if anyone else has installed this and doesn't recall if they followed the step I would strongly recommend checking. My brake lines were down to the fabric.

 

glad you had things work out in time. you might as well replace those brake lines with stainless steel brake lines just in case it cracks.

 

Yes, I was thinking this would be the time to do stainless lines. Are they available for the 2000 and who has them?

 

Anybody else with RSB are getting the thunk then cornering?

Thanks.

 

Actually when I first installed the RSB in my 2K I had the bar slightly behind the axle. So whenever I hit a serious bump, the multilink beam part would come down and hit the RSB. Have someone push down on the rear of the car while you look to see if there is contact.

 

Will this eliminate the contact with RSB?

Thanks.

 

I had the same problem. As soon as I moved the RSB forward under the axle, the "thunking" sound went away.

 

I followed Stillen's instruction and have my RSB right under the beam axle, it works fine... no noises during corners or bumps.

 

I followed the directions from Stillen, using the 3 and 5th holes. My RSB is directly under the beam. I get occasional thunks though.

 

I'm looking at getting the RSB, how much was it?

 

$227 from Stillen (big time back order)...