Addco Sway Bars

[fantasygoat]

I've got Addco front and rear sway bars on my car now, and the rears make a lot of clunking noises when I take tight turns. The mounts are only bolted on and no matter how much I tighten them, they tend to move. Also, the bolts on the links are bent.



The front also clunks a bit but it's less of a problem.

Anyone have any experience with these bars?

[NOGO]

If the mounts that are moving are the clamps on the rear axle housing then get a 3" exhaust clamp and use the clamp to get more surface area bite on the housing.

[79T/Aman]

are you sure it's the sway bar? how is it mounted? are the brackets ok?

[fantasygoat]

It wasn't clunking before I put the swaybar in, so I'm assuming it's the bar.

It is mounted to the rear of the axle with two U clamps, a "lock piece" and the brackets. The links are held in place in the frame in a similar manner.

I noticed that the clamps on the axles had moved slightly - the axle is undercoated and it was scraped off a bit. I've tightened the clamps as much as I can by hand but it's still clunking when I turn.

[79T/Aman]

well you have to play detective, does it do it in both R and L turns, slow or fast turning, do you have a locking diff. are your shocks tight, about the springs?

[fantasygoat]

It tends to mostly do it on right turns, the faster I turn the more it clunks, and I'd say the shocks are pretty tight as they're brand new. Springs are older.

It's a non-locking rear.

[MikeDVC]

check to see if the sway bar is marked / scratched, could be where it's rubbing.

[JEFFTATE]

I've got them on my car and have never heard a noise....

Is the swaybar moving where it's bolted to the axle tubes ??
Or , is it rotating or sliding in the mounts and hitting the leaf springs or something ??
The swaybar is going to twist and/or rotate in the mounts.
Maybe try re- positioning it's static position.
Like , when the car is just sitting at rest , make sure the bar has plenty of room all around it.
It might be twisting up and hitting the rear end housing too.

[fantasygoat]

It turns out that it isn't the bar after all, it's the expensive but apparently sloppy install of the exhaust system hitting the bar and the *tire*!

You'd think $1600 would buy a quality exhaust system, wouldn't you? Or that they'd test drive the car before handing it back?

Anyway, glad to find the solution to the problem.