We finished getting stuff in the engine compartment out of the way of the sway bar on our SD tonight, then when we went to begin jacking it up to take the wheels off and set it on the jack stands etc....THE WORST POSSIBLE THING happened, the jack point on the driver side completely broke apart, crumbled, the whole thing is collapsed What formerly looked rust free is appearantly VERY rusty. We can't even jack the car! We tried using a floor jack instead of the MB jackpoint jack, and it crushed the rubber pad mount into the frame. I have inserted many pictures here, and we don't know what to do. Help?

A. Can we do the sway bar with the tires still on and it just sitting there? It looks to be possible, just more difficult/annoying due to less room, but the stuff is still accessible and the suspension level as if it were sitting on stands on the lower control arm, so I don't see why not.

B. HOW can we repair this rust catastrophe? Is it possible? Is this car(body) doomed????

C. The upper control arm on the drivers side looks to be bent or out of whack, I have pointed this out with some arrows in a picture below. It seems to be bent/pushed forward....is this normal when the sway bar breaks off, or is it bent and needing replacement???

This is horrid. We thought we'd be working on reassembly by tomorrow, now we're worried about the whole car's future....

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