

| Subject: | Re: Sway bar links breaking. |
| Date: | Wed, 6 Jul 94 12:07:07 CDT |
Sorry, I'm a bit slow on the draw here. Just now getting caught up with
my e-mail.
Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who has problems with his (anti-)sway
bar linkages. The bolt on my right hand one snapped about a year ago. Rather
than spend the $70 some that VW wanted to replace it, I did the following:
I drilled and tapped the shaft where the threaded extension had snapped off,
and put in a good strong bolt. Graphically:
Old: New:
____
____ / _ \
/ _ \ | | | |
| | | | \ ~ /
\ ~ / | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | \ \
\ \ \ \
\ \ |z=z|
| | |z=z| <-- Drilled and tapped
+---+ +z=z+
z=z <-- snapped here z=z
Threaded--> z=z z=z
protrusion Nz=zN <-- Nut Bz=zB <-- Bolt head
About a month later, the other side snapped too, so I did the same thing
to it too. So far things have held together. It sure feels a lot better
on those tight off ramps on I70.Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »