MoparDan
Well-Known Member
Are replacement sway bar bushings available? If so what brand is best?
Good to know the sway bar is fine (thank you thats huge load off my mind) What about the "inner" bushings: the round bushings towards the middle (not sure the right name is) both the left and right bushings are dead-I can move them with my hands, could that be causing the left pull? Its been pulling left ever sinceThe sway bar is fine. A broken sway bar link won't cause the car to suddenly pull left though.
The control arms look goodInspect your UCAs for bend/ twist. They like to gather dirt which then rusts, weakens the metal and leads to this:
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Since you say you heard a clunk and then the car pulled left, my first place to look is the upper control arm adjustments. Pulling left would point to the RIGHT control arm. If the nuts came loose, or were not torqued properly during an alignment. the upper arm can "slide" in the adjustment slots suddenly (clunk or crack type sound). It will move to negative camber and make the car pull to the side with less negative camber. If you don't know, these are the large nuts that bolt the upper arm shaft to the control arm brackets. Take a look and see if there's evidence of movement. There would most likely be witness marks.
Anyone use Firm Feel's sway bar brackets ?Ive had this happen to me..............
Agree...why was it welded? I can't recall if these are press in or thread in...either way welding should not be required.
This area is probably the issue.