I was driving and i think it was my front sway bar that snapped. does that bar hold my tire twords the front of my car, the bar connects to both lower arms.

Thanks

o it's a 1995 Lude
lowered w/ eibach sportline springs
KYB GR2 gas struts
rebuilt h23a1

 

Are we talking the sway bar link located on the inside of the wheels? Or are we talking the upper sway bar that is hitched up to your upper shock mounts? Either way you would be fine to drive, your car will just sway a little more then usual. If its a link its very easy to install and you can get them for around $40. Oh and if it was the entire lower bar that snapped then good luck

 

i can't drive it because when i hit the brake the tire rubs the back of the fender well and it pulls to the right "right side snapped". it's the bar behind the wheel connected to the lower arm. and

 

That's the radius rod.

 

if i post a picture of the bar that snapped will that help a little more. it dosn't look like a radius rod that snapped that i could see. the bar goes up behind the bumber area in the front of the car. it's a solid steel rod 1" dia. could the radius rod beraking cause the sway bar to snap.

 

If the lower control arm is moving fore and aft, there is a problem with the radius rod.

 

117 IS RIGHT ON POINT, YOU HAVE A RADIUS ARM PROBLEM FOR SURE, THERE IS N'T ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD CAUSE THAT ISSUE. BTW, HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN? DID THE ROD SNAP IN HALF, PULL THROUGH BUSHINGS @ FRONT? JUST INTERESTED.

 

i have no idea how it happened i was driving to work, hit a bump at an intersection and SNAP car went right, steering wheel turned left and i stopped the car and backed it all the way home "3 blocks"

 

Holy crap those things are beefy, had you been jumping the car ?? In any case yeah sounds like radius rod to me as well.

 

lol yeah def radius rod. your sway bar isnt really gonna let the tire move much more if it breaks. gosh that things gotta be all over the place. i hope youre not trying to drive it like that

 

Yeah, I've snapped an end link before, but I my car definetly didn't do anything that crazy. I'd check what 117 said.


Modified by Televator at 9:02 AM 10/4/2007

 

Post some pics it would be interesting to see what it looks like. If your sway bar links go bad its no big deal your car will not handle as good and when you hit a bump you might here some noise up front or in rear.

 

the picks are at this link

http://home.comcast.net/~w.estlow/Page_Link2.html

 

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Sound familiar? There's a reason why I said that.

 

looks like you had a pre-existing crack that finally made it all the way through. thats why there is rust on half of it.

 

thanks for the help . . i got the part from the dealer for 55.00 they had it in stock.

o i have another ? will the glass sun roof from a 95 accord or civic, fit in the place of my 95 prelude sun roof "it's starting to rust out"