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Old 06-23-2010, 09:18 PM
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I have thought of that, but it will only mount one way. It will not fit upside down as it will hit the oil pan. I do agree with you on it not mattering of where the wheels are. The bar turns inside the bushings so it should not matter where the suspension is. Yes I greased the bushings and I can attach the bar at the front and turn it by hand inside the bushings. I am pretty mechanically inclined however this is a mystery, there is no reason it should break those brackets.

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Old 06-24-2010, 12:18 AM
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Why are we still talking about this without pictures to look at ?
Good question.
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Old 06-25-2010, 04:12 PM
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I can take pictures but I am not sure how it would help. It's a broken bracket. broke off clean where the top bolt goes through.
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Old 06-26-2010, 08:56 AM
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what about the bushings/mounts at both ends...the ones on the control arms... could they have been mounted incorrectly? though i do not see how... took a quick peek. maybe they're not allowing the sway arm to pivot?... dunno... just throwing it out there
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Old 06-27-2010, 07:10 AM
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I thought of that too. They are on properly, only go one way. The sway bar is larger diameter in the center so it would be impossible to install wrong. I also have tightened up the center and I can pivot by hand.
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Old 06-27-2010, 12:21 PM
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Look, both threads you started have multiple requests for pictures. you have replied several times that you can take pics. do it! something is wrong with your car, and all the words you can type are useless unless we get information you are not capable of providing in words.
do you have access to a lift? if so, get it up on one, take off the wheels, and photgraph the entire underside of the area. take pics of the driver's side including all moving parts, and the passenger's side. I'd like to see if you have out of place parts in there.
the 124 is known to have weak mount points and control arm failures. lets get pics.
lets get pics. lets get pics. lets get pics...
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Look, both threads you started have multiple requests for pictures. you have replied several times that you can take pics. do it! something is wrong with your car, and all the words you can type are useless unless we get information you are not capable of providing in words.
do you have access to a lift? if so, get it up on one, take off the wheels, and photgraph the entire underside of the area. take pics of the driver's side including all moving parts, and the passenger's side. I'd like to see if you have out of place parts in there.
the 124 is known to have weak mount points and control arm failures. lets get pics.
lets get pics. lets get pics. lets get pics...
X2,X3,X4..............
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Wow, just stumbled over this thread, and I have gone through 2 stabilizer bracket breakages since I bought the car in Dec2009. I do have a rough road nearby that periodically has bottomless potholes, but the car normally has such a capable confident feel that you think nothing can faze it, and then another bracket bites the dust! It breaks just above where the bracket clamps around the anti-roll bar. I have repaired it a couple of times and replaced the parts when they come in but so far my repaired parts have survived better than the new parts.
My theory so far is that the brackets have to bend in normal operation due to the suspension geometry, and over time the material used in replacement parts has changed towards less cost. I'm guessing they should be a spring steel and the new replacements I bought certainly are not. The search for the perfect bracket continues!! (and I will try and post pics but home reno currently takes precedence)
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Old 07-11-2010, 09:09 AM
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You have a really amazing mystery.... lots of people are trying to help you....
I am glad you are not in charge of any aircraft crash investigations...
Little things count in terms of figuring out how and why something broke...
closeup pics of the bracket may show from which direction the breaking force was applied.
It is just silly to keep jawing about this without pictures... and vstech described what you need to do..
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Wow, just stumbled over this thread, and I have gone through 2 stabilizer bracket breakages since I bought the car in Dec2009. I do have a rough road nearby that periodically has bottomless potholes, but the car normally has such a capable confident feel that you think nothing can faze it, and then another bracket bites the dust! It breaks just above where the bracket clamps around the anti-roll bar. I have repaired it a couple of times and replaced the parts when they come in but so far my repaired parts have survived better than the new parts.
My theory so far is that the brackets have to bend in normal operation due to the suspension geometry, and over time the material used in replacement parts has changed towards less cost. I'm guessing they should be a spring steel and the new replacements I bought certainly are not. The search for the perfect bracket continues!! (and I will try and post pics but home reno currently takes precedence)
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We are going to need to see pictures of your car as well. Did Canada get diesel wagons in '94 or was it imported privately.
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Old 07-11-2010, 01:30 PM
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My wagon is an 87, The bracket breaks in the same place. I have been a little tardy on posting picture as my wife is gone when I get up and when I get home. Weekends busy just seem to forget about it, but I will get a couple pictures. The new brackets lasted no more than a month or two.
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LOL, it has been 6 MONTHS since the first thread appeared... and people asked in that one about pictures...
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Old 07-11-2010, 02:14 PM
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LOL, it has been 6 MONTHS since the first thread appeared... and people asked in that one about pictures...
Which begs the questions; why was a second thread started and why didn't the mods merge these two when the second one was started?
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Old 07-11-2010, 04:05 PM
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has it been that long?

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