sbuswell

Is it safe to drive 35miles with a broken rear sway bar bushing bolt? I ripped the head off the bolt and got a hige nail in my passenger side rear tire so I'm bringing back to the tire shop to get fixed hopefully and figured I have them fix that too.

Gfaze

You should be alright as long as you take it easy. Don't take corners too hard to minimize load on the sway bar.

sbuswell

Cool. If for some reason I need to fix this myself. Do you know if the nut on the backside of the bushing comes off or is affixed to the bushing itself, meaning tap out the rest of the bolt inside or replace the entire bushing?

Gfaze

:shakehead Sorry man, I don't know. I've never had to work on it. Maybe Kris knows? fsttyms1, where are you?!?!

01tl4tl

new MOOG bushings/end links from local parts store are the ticket here!
they were 15 or 45 - somewhere in there I saw on a recent azine post-
try searching MOOG end links- in the `text of messages` of last 3 months- should find info there

there are stronger and have a way to tighten with normal tools- not the allen wrench stock type
No prob driving it like that till its fixed, no racing~

sbuswell

Upon further inspection the bushing is fine, but the bracket is now bent and I believe I can bend it back no problem, but part of the bolt is in the frame that the bracket connects to. It feels like there is a nut on top but I'm not sure if it's connected to the frame or a loose nut as it didn't want to come off easily. Can anyone answer me that?

tsx1982

How did you end up resolving this problem? Did you drill it out yourself with an ez-out or take it to a shop? I have the same problem and am not sure whether I should tackle it myself or pay to get it done.

Anybody have any thoughts on how difficult this would be or on how much it would cost to have a shop remove it?

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

to the Moog bushings. You can use two open end wrenches to tighten the nut. The OEM ones are a terrible design. After about 6 months the niut freezes up and the allen slot gets mangled trying to take the nut off.

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

Ah nevermind, it's the bracket that holds the sway bar to the frame.