Bruzilla
Well-Known Member
After driving around the Roadrunner for almost a week with no issues, I got one last night. We were coming back from watching the Penguins game, and stopped at a McDonalds and while travelling through the parking lot I heard a loud "that's not good" bang. All the gauges were good, the car had no issues, and we continued home. As I was backing my other car out this morning, I saw the driver's side link for the rear sway bar hanging down, so it appears the bang was the link failing.
I had busted the top of that link off when trying to get the nut off when I was replacing the leaf springs, and had tried to fix it by welding a bolt to the top of it. It worked for a few months, then failed. I can't find anyone who makes these anymore, so I'm thinking I'll remove the bracket and bushing, grind off the stem, weld an appropriate-length Grade 8 bolt to the bracket, weld a nut at the appropriate length up the bolt to use as a retainer, and then reattach to the shock plate. This should be a better fix than Plan A.
I had busted the top of that link off when trying to get the nut off when I was replacing the leaf springs, and had tried to fix it by welding a bolt to the top of it. It worked for a few months, then failed. I can't find anyone who makes these anymore, so I'm thinking I'll remove the bracket and bushing, grind off the stem, weld an appropriate-length Grade 8 bolt to the bracket, weld a nut at the appropriate length up the bolt to use as a retainer, and then reattach to the shock plate. This should be a better fix than Plan A.