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986 - Front Sway Bar Bushing Bolt snapped
I wanted to change out the front sway bar bushings. This was the last task on my complete suspension overhaul.
Rookie mistake. I should have PB - blasted these coated bolts before trying to take them out. In my defence, none of the other bolts in the entire suspension replacement had this issue! All came out with reasonable but not ridiculous effort. But serves me right I guess. 1 of the 4 bolts ended up snapping in the mount.
I don't need advise on getting the bolt out. I'm pretty sure I can figure that part out.
My question is, has this ever happened to anyone's else? Is it common for suspension bolts to snap? I'm thinking that the PO swapped these bushings out at one time and overtourqued just this one bolt? Or perhaps I've been really lucky that this is the only bolt that snapped.
Appreciate the feedback.
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Last edited by Zzorro; 04-27-2020 at 08:58 PM.
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