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so i had more bad sounds creaking & bumping under the front of my car, so I took a look when I did my last oil change over the weekend.

I've got the progress front & rear sway bars on there , with grey's endlinks on the front ONLY (stock endlinks on the back). everything else is stock.

So I look under there, and the bracket bolting the sway bar to the chassis is broken! This would be drivers side; the bolt towards the front of the car. The front flange of the bracket has a clear break in it at the corner of the u-shape, making my sway bar attached on that side by one bolt!

Luckily, when this happened before, I had called progress. and bought 2 extra brackets. so I slapped my extra bracket on. but what's the deal? They shouldn't be breaking like this.

Is it the endlinks? Are the crappy boston roads at odds with my sway bars? Any ideas??

 
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http://www.dezod.com/pd_dezod_motors..._spec_rear.cfm

buy those I am

 
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ive never had a problem with dezod links front and back but i have the rsx bar which doesnt have bracket. it shouldnt be breaking like that, sounds like some sort of defect on progress' side.

 
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He isn't talking about ENDLINKS. He is talking about BRACKETS!

I've never had a problem with mine, but they do get salty and may wear out. Maybe trying painting or clear coating them to protect them from the salt.

 
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oh that metal plate that says progress on it? does it even affect the performance? or just for looks.

 
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you're thinking about the rear, that's the tiebar. he's talking about his front sway bar brackets that hold the bushings.

 
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well both the front and the rear have the same brackets. Yes, he is talking about the brackets around the bushings. If it is broken, the the bar doesn't do its job.

 
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^ true. just clarifying it was the front though.

i need to grease my bushings like no other. my car squeaks and creaks so bad, sounds like a machine gun when i jack it up.

 
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Works wonders!

 
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yeah, it's the bracket. to clarify, the bracket was broken, but the bolt was still holding the broken flange to the chassis.

but would big pot holes cause this bracket to break? or perhaps something like a big set of railroad tracks or a driveway with a megasteep entry?

i gotta say to Grey. Grey's endlinks > sway bar bracket

 
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any ideas as to the cause of this?