Hi, I have an 87 TDT that is about driving me nuts. I cannot seem to keep sway bar brackets on the thing. I have had the brackets break....well let me see, five times by now. I have replaced them with "new" updated brackets, still break. I have tried installing jacked up with wheels off the ground and sitting on the ground with weight on the car. They are not to tight as the bar will spin inside the rubber bushings which are also new. I have even put new coils in the car and still today the bracket breaks again. I cannot figure it out, their is no reason for this I can see. Anyone ever hear of this before?

I can only imagine you are talking about the front end.


if you have excessive wear in other components of the front end, this may be quite possible.

What happens when you decelerate very quickly? [think steering]

What happens when you accelerate very quickly? [same]

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My old 300 TE 4-M used to break sway bar brackets more regular than usual. I chalked it up to me driving it very aggressively but now that I think about it my new 300 TE 4-M hasn't broken one yet. That shoots a hole in the aggressive driving theory. I know for a fact that the old one had a spring perch that was separating from the body. It's a long shot but not a bad idea to look closely at where the front spring perches mount to the body. If they are at all suspect you should remove the undercoating and inspect closer.

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90 300TE 4-M
Turbo 103, T3/T04E 50 trim
T04B cover .60 AR
Stage 3 turbine .63 AR
A2W I/C, 40 LB/HR
MS2E, 60-2 Direct Coil Control
3" Exh, AEM W/B O2
Underdrive Alt. and P/S Pulleys,
Vented Rear Discs, .034 Booster.
3.07 diffs 1st Gear Start

90 300CE 104.980
Milled & ported head, 10.3:1 compression
197° intake cam w/20° advancer
Tuned CIS ECU
4° ignition advance
PCS TCM2000, built 722.6
600W networked suction fan
Sportline sway bars
V8 rear subframe, Quaife ATB 3.06 diff

Build stronger brackets. That's what we do on dodges and jeeps

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His 2000 TDI Jetta 5 speed
Hers 2002 TDI auto Beetle
Toy Mercedes diesel powered 1995 Jeep.
Work 2003 Cummins quad cab 1 ton

The other parts are fine, my wife drives the car and she treats it like a baby. I have made brackets or rather re-enforced the factory ones and they still break. Usually they will break when just starting off from a dead stop.

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