2000 OBW: Rear Antisway Bar Dislocation ;o)

[the_bard]

My wife complained of a "loose" sound coming from underneath her 2000 OBW tonight. I looked in the rear, and found the rear antisway bar disconnected on both ends.

 

There's some funky kind of linkage that attaches to the sway bar on both sides. From the pic below, it looks to me that the four holes in the "cap" get lined up with the 4 pins in the "plug" (for lack of a better description), and then the cap gets press-fit onto the plug.

 

 

My '97 has a nice, simple, obvious-as-all-Hades bolt & nut arrangement holding the antisway bar on. This cap & plug arrangement makes feel kinda nervous... am I right in my thoughts on how the bar attaches, or am I missing something?

[Legacy777]

The link broke. Those four spots are probably spot welded. There should be some form of bolt or something to remove/replace just the link.

[the_bard]

Thanks . The ground's been kinda wet for the majority of the day, and I really didn't have the time nor inclination to get a real good look at it.

 

So on the other side of this 4-pin business ought to be a nut or bolt, allowing me to remove the links, so I can take the bar and the links and have them rewelded at a local shop for cheap .

[sidedown]

I have the same car and mine went this past summer. I recall the end links being about $10 each from the dealer. They are just small ball type joints. They go on easy. To remove/replace them you need whatever size metric wrench and an allen wrench for counterpressure. The allen wrench fits inside the exposed end of the bolt where it attaches to the sway bar and the rear suspension.

 

Noticeable difference in handling when they were reattached.