Rear sway bar broken

[gbradleyb]

Jacked my rear end up today to pull off the air springs and saw that my sway bar was completely snapped. Any recommendations on a replacement? I noticed this was hollow, would solid bar be better?

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[chris2523]

tbird or cougar bar. get a solid one. wont rust through again.

http://www.sccoia.org/articles/anti-sway-bar-sizes/

 

[driller]

That's not uncommon. You can look to supercoupeperformance.com for an aftermarket Addco sway bar and bushings.

 

[Jamesvinar]

Highly recommend an addco, dont get the thickest though unless you plan on doing the front too

 

[gbradleyb]

Glad to see addco recommended, that's what I was planning on getting. Thanks for the advice

 

[tixer]

In that case, I'll second the Addco.

I did the 1.25" ones (front and rear) they're great.

 

[BlackIceLSC]

Addco 1-1/4 solid rear bar.
I paid $170 for mine, and it changed the entire performance of the car....as in HOLY MOTHER OF....and suddenly those "speed limit on off ramp sings were merely *suggestions* for everyone else.

the stock rear bars were hollow and would corrode and break...

 

[gbradleyb]

I noticed the sway bar end link on passenger side was bent almost 45 degrees on end. Any recommendations on brand for those, or do you think the energy suspension ones from Autozone are OK?

 

[tixer]

I'm pretty sure my new addco bars came with the end links, but the Energy Suspension stuff is likely of higher quality. They're the manufacturer of the greaseable mounts I have on the rear bar already. Good stuff.

 

[Lownslowlsc]

If you don't want an upgraded version or can't find one locally see if somebody on tccoa has a oem solid unit that they'd ship out. I bought my sc rear bar on there 8 years ago for $80 shipped~.

 

[tixer]

And for that matter, I have my oem hollow bar tucked away somewhere too..

It's not like I'm ever going to need that again..

 

[gbradleyb]

I'll definitely go with the upgrade

 

[BlackIceLSC]

Addco bar comes with
end links with poly bushings, and frame bushings along with a little pouch of grease.
If the car was lowered, they instruct to cut the end link sleeves, which I did. I also cut the extra threads on the end link bolts that were hanging down once the sleeves were cut.
The big thing I also had to do was modify the frame tabs that mount the bar bushings to the rear sub-frame as the thicker bar/bushings caused one to break. I just added 3 washers between the u-tab and the frame: