A very easy repair that the dealer wants $220 an hour to do.
Admittedly I'd be paying that to know what the problem is and how to fix it.
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A very easy repair that the dealer wants $220 an hour to do.
Admittedly I'd be paying that to know what the problem is and how to fix it.
I mean thats totally valid.
This was an easy one to diagnose. We hit a pot hole and then heard clunking right after, especially when turning one direction and not the orher. (As the body rolls and sway bar wants to hit axle) No noise when driving a steady rate and straight.
So a quick visual inspection showed the problem. And I'm glad it was that and not a CV joint acting up :)
That's part of what terrifies me about how complex modern cars are and how 'densely' constructed they are.
Old cars have room to see what's gone wrong :-)
Nicely done.
Nice! It’s a good day when suspension work doesn’t turn into a whole weekend of swearing at one stuck and rusted bolt
😀 I have been there...with a drill and bolt extractor.
The hardest part was taking the old nuts off, but I sprayed them the day before with WD40, so it wasn't too bad
Might I suggest PB Blaster in the future for soak and WD40(or better yet anti seize) for reassembly?
For reassembly they have nylock inserts so I usually just leave it bare metal so as not to mess with the anti slip of the nylon.
The original lasted 22 years, so I shouldn't need to replace them now :)
I took off the valve cover of an old Toyota the other day while chasing down a slow oil leak. All I found was a bunch of loose bolts ruining engine compression (the search for the leak continues).
I've never fixed a sway bar, so I guess I'll have to locate it and check in on it now. Thanks!
You'll know the swaybar is fucked after your first go over a speed bump at speed and you get a weird sideways bounce.