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Bent sway bar bracket

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Old 11-13-2012 | 02:24 PM
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Default Bent sway bar bracket

Yesterday pulling into my driveway my tires began to rub on something so I hopped out to check it out. Apparently I had a sway bar failure and the sway bar was rubbing my tire. Any idea why this might happen?
Here are a couple pictures of the bracket and sway bar failure.
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Old 11-13-2012 | 02:39 PM
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Don't know but you're not alone. My buddy had the same thing. I'm assuming that the failure may be a consequence if the bent bracket? Like you hit a rock, bent it, and that put stress on the link.

But I don't know for sure. Any other theories?
Old 11-13-2012 | 02:41 PM
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Looks like the endlink made contact with the tierod while turning left. I bet u if you look at the back of the clamp in that pic, there's contact marks. Only thing I can think of is the top of the endlink let go and dropped onto the tierod. The turn left caught the clamp and did the rest of the damage. I can't see any other way the endlink would contact the tierod. Bend the tab back with a large crescent wrench and a new endlink.
Old 11-13-2012 | 05:17 PM
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I bent mine last weekend on rocks , and my end link looked like the letter S ! I put a come a long on it and bent it back. I was afraid to hit it with a hammer .
Old 01-17-2013 | 07:46 AM
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Almost the exact same thing happened to me, I cant get it back though. Probably going to cut it and re weld




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