89sks

Hi guys,

I got through 401 out of 567 posts and thought I'd just go ahead and ask. Ive read about the swaybar links tearing through the stock angle bracket that attaches to the frame. Is there a cheap but good way to reinforce this yourself? Not sure if I can find someone to weld for me around here that doesnt want an arm and a leg. your imput greatly appreciated.

Steve

Jeff92se

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If you can't weld yourself, probably not. Any place can do it, bodyshop, frame shop, exhaust shop, etc.....

JC93SE

Yeah, my Addco RSB ripped through one. Didn't take long for it to go. Nothing fatal, though. Went to a good welding shop... they bent up some 1/4 inch, drilled holes, and welded to the body right behind the existing brackets. $80 I think it was (maybe less). So far so good... 25K or more. A decent welding shop fabricates stuff like this all the time.

Anyone else, consider the welding either a must, or an eventuality in a 3rd Gen with a bigger RSB. Also, consider the entire cost of the RSB worth it.

blackandwhite

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I called ADDCO and they sent me 2 angle bracket similar to the ones used in the sway bar assembly, and a muffler shop put them one for $10/each

Matt93SE

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Jeeez.. go to a metla fab place and pick up a couple pieces of scrap angle iron laying in the mud on the side of the shop.. even if you ask for them, they'll give them to you for free..
take a hacksaw and chop them to about 1.5" long and drill a hold in it for the bolt on the sway bar bracket.

then go to the hardware store and buy a box of 1/4-20 self drilling/tapping screws. use two on each bracket, and drill that sucker right into the frame where the old brackets were.

cover the stuff with RTV silicone or spray it with rust-proof black paint and you're done.

whole thing took me about and hour and cost $2.

todamax

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Kinda OT, but how thick is the Progressive RSB?

89sks

Now thats what Im talkin bout! Thanks for helping a brother out!

JC93SE

Don't know about about the Progressive. You probably know that the Addco is 7/8", and the Suspension Techniques was 3/4" last time I checked.

Regardless, I wouldn't go over the 7/8" RSB unless you really intend for the *** to hang out on hard turns or in the rain on highway on-ramps/off-ramps. Otherwise, you'd have to beef up the front bar, and then a 1" bar in the rear would probably be the Max on the Max, and that might be too much then too... depending on the other suspension setup. Not sure anyone makes bigger than 7/8" RSB for 3rd Gen anyway.

JC93SE

Hmmmmm. Well, some times low tech is high enough tech, I guess. I still prefer welds to screws, but if they both work... let the freedom of choice be exercised by the Maxima People.