Front sway bar bolt

[Jack Stilts]

Put my extra fancy deluxe ultra-low profile bump stops in over the weekend and noticed that the driver side sway bar bolt is loose. Very loose.

This is concerning. I go to tighten it up, and it doesn't budge. Acts as if it's already as tight as can be, and it's looking at me like "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?"

But it's loose. Could be what's been causing my front "click" noise when I move from Park to Drive and Drive to Reverse.

Any suggestions?

 

[NMTerras]

Put my extra fancy deluxe ultra-low profile bump stops in over the weekend and noticed that the driver side sway bar bolt is loose. Very loose.

This is concerning. I go to tighten it up, and it doesn't budge. Acts as if it's already as tight as can be, and it's looking at me like "WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO?"

But it's loose. Could be what's been causing my front "click" noise when I move from Park to Drive and Drive to Reverse.

Any suggestions?

I just went to autozone/oreillys wherever and got a new bushings and bolts kit. pretty inexpensive. Or, you can spend like 30 bucks on urethane kit from energy suspension. Either way, it's probably just time for some new rubber

 

[chuckamazuk]

Search for Stabilizer Bar Link at RockAuto.

I replaced mine just a few months ago with RAYBESTOS Part # 5451312. FYI.

 

[Jack Stilts]

Chuck, you are the man. Part ordered.

Sean, I guess you're okay too


Really, thanks guys.

 

[Jack Stilts]

Did you end up putting a jack under the front diff to raise it? Or were you able to just rip those things out?

 

[chuckamazuk]

Did you end up putting a jack under the front diff to raise it? Or were you able to just rip those things out?

No. On a flat-level surface there is no pressure on the swaybar links. No need to jack up the vehicle; just take off the old and put on the new.

 

[Jack Stilts]

I'd like to revive this thread and pose another question:

I'm finally getting around to putting these on. I had to take a grinder to the old bolt because the nut was seized and stripped. The new kit comes with the same amount of rubber "stoppers" as the factory setup had. Factory setup:

New setup:

The problem I'm having is that I can't fit the third rubber stopper into the new setup. From the ground up, you have the one on the bottom, the one above that, then this third one I can't get in under the sway bar, and the fourth one above the sway bar. I can't compress the rubber enough to squeeze it onto the bolt. The washer directly under the sway bar itself had to get crammed in there; I'm not sure how to fit this other rubber piece in.

1. Suggestions?
2. If I can't get it in, what would the consequences be of driving without it?

 

[Jack Stilts]

Update: Never mind! I realized that the two lower rubber pieces are the same size, and the two upper pieces are thinner. I just had to mix n' match Crisis averted.

 

[granitex]

It has been so long since I have had a front sway bar ( even longer for the rear) that I forget what it was like when I had them.

 

[drbandkgb]

It has been so long since I have had a front sway bar ( even longer for the rear) that I forget what it was like when I had them.

What's a sway bar

 

[Muadeeb]

What's a sway bar

That thing that helps soccer moms from rolling when taking a highway ramp too fast

Sent via wild ferrets on crack

 

[Jack Stilts]

That thing that helps soccer moms from rolling when taking a highway ramp too fast

Bahahahahaha. And me.

/dailydriverlife.

 

[drbandkgb]

Bahahahahaha. And me.

/dailydriverlife.

Mine is a DD till spring

 

[Silver dude]

I can't get mine to hold together. With a heavy roof load (kayaks). Or extensive offroading. My driving is also very spirited. I literally go thru sway bushings every 3 months. MOOG are the most worthless bushings ever they shred almost instantly. I've tried a few brands. Only two the seem to last are OEM and energy suspension. OEM hardware was the only thing I could get to last as well. Just a heads up.

Ben