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: 75 cent suspension fix


Orbit Orange
12-05-2007, 10:43 AM
Yep that's what it cost. I had heard a clunking for a couple of days and looked under the rear. I either lost/broke the bolt and nut that connects the rear end link to my SLP rear sway bar. Thanks to Wretched6.0 and some other internet info and a trip to AceHardware yielded some Grade 8, 5/16 X 2in. bolts and nuts and some washers to capture the bushings for a grand total of 75 cents. And that is for both sides. (Haven't done the other side yet, I'll either wait until it breaks or swap it over Christmas vacation) Took about 40 minutes taking my sweet time with a floor jack and 2 jack stands. Hope it works out, I'll let you all know.

So in case you run into the same problem there seems to be a cheap fix. (knock on wood) I probably was asking for it re-using the hardware when I swapped rear sway bars. Whatever, it's much better than dropping probably 50 to 100 bucks at a dealer/repair shop for the same thing. :)