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Old 05-08-2009, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark DiSilvestro View Post
I believe it is some grade of spring-steel.
I've seen torsion bars snap from rust craters much shallower that that cut. They didn't break immediately, but they did break.
Maybe this stabiliser bar isn't made of such fragile steel, but I'm not the one that will be taking the chance.

Happy Motoring, Mark
My thought was that the tip being thinner would break off first; even with the cut there is still more metal on that section of the bar than at the tip and because it is close to the tip would be subjected to a similar stress.

If that same cut was down there next to the the 90 degree bend I would be worried.
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