Re: Rear Sway bar brackets cracking
MY Crossfire has 92,000 miles and it started a rattle. The shop could not identify it until 2 months later when it was a load clunk. So far I have $2025 to remove the rear suspension, gas tank, exhaust and some interior to make the repair. The bracket cracked through one side and ripped from the panel on the other. It actually tore a piece out of the panel leaving a hole to the interior. I am going to the dealer tomorrow to see if I can stir up some action there. This certainly shows they did not design the bracket strong enough to carry the loads from the sway bar properly. One person on the forum had a shop weld the bracket for $150.00. My concern with that solution is with the possibility that it will break again near the weld where the metal has been heated. Especially since this fix does not add any strength to the bracket that has proven to be too weak. I would prefer to find an engineered solution that would be more permanent. Any ideas?