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Books 12-18-2012 10:13 AM

Rear Sway Bar Stabilizer Bracket Bolt replacement?
 
So long story short, I stupidly ended up misplacing a bracket bolt for my rear sway bar. Must have rolled off somewhere, but I will continue trying to find it. Does anyone know where i can find one of these bolts?

I haven't tried this yet, but I think that my front sways OE bolts might fit so I'll give that a try tonight.

I'm missing one of the bolts circled in yellow (Pic borrowed from a DIY)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8...375a0336_c.jpg

On another note, it's kinda fun driving with no rear sways... though sometimes scary.

Thanks.

GC_Adam 12-18-2012 12:32 PM

The size you need is 8x1.25mm. These are pretty common and can be found at your local autoparts store or "mom n pop" hardware store.

Or the subaru dealer, they've used these bolts on many other models.

wparsons 12-18-2012 01:59 PM

How is it scary driving with no rear bar? The car will push much more than stock.

Books 12-19-2012 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 615403)
How is it scary driving with no rear bar? The car will push much more than stock.

Mostly mental I suppose and the car was more bouncy. Normal driving didn't effect much but I didn't take any really hard turns. Best I can describe it is that it's different. It was like driving through an earthquake when I was driving down my-not-so maintained highway.

Anyways, I did find that bolt (at autozone) and it fit perfectly. Car feels more stiff now, not substantially (so far) but enough to notice. Will have to take more hard turns. I got Hotchkis front and rear sways.

wparsons 12-19-2012 04:55 PM

You shouldn't have felt a single difference over bumps on the highway... the ONLY thing a sway bar does is lessen weight transfer. Feeling bouncy would've been in your head only, a sway bar won't do anything to stop it from feeling more or less bouncy.


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