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Originally Posted by Chas H
I agree with Diesel911. That cut is not significant, and the bar is not heat treated nor is it spring steel-if it were the weld on repair piece would not work. If the end of the bar is usable, I'd put it back together the way it is.
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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