Broken sway bar 14 civic si

[Aaron Vucsko]

Yes. It's hard finding good mechanics Lol.Dealership will rip you a new one. You get what you pay for though. He did upgrade the front bar with a thicker one, not sure the brand. Rear ones are still stock.

 

[webby]

Yes. It's hard finding good mechanics Lol.Dealership will rip you a new one. You get what you pay for though. He did upgrade the front bar with a thicker one, not sure the brand. Rear ones are still stock.

You actually did the opposite of what you prob wanted to do. Increasing the front sway bar actually increases understeer (bad). People leave the front sway stock and increase just the rear sway bar to improve handling.

 

[Nix]

I was just about to mention that....


Why did you choose to increase the front sway bar? Is that all you did?

EDIT: Or did you mean end link?

Sway bar is not the same thing as an end link. The end link is what broke. Is that the part you are referring to as "upgraded" and bigger?

 

[Aaron Vucsko]

My bad, the sway bar wasnt replaced. The end link is what was broken and upgraded. It was actually my mechanic who chose to do the upgrade, and that's all that was replaced besides the springs. He left the rears alone.

 

[Redrocket1]

Was it essentially just like that pic?

Nope it was the saddle piece of my Moog bushing.

 

[Darkout]

I have never heard of this happening, highly suspect the mechanic (I'm one myself) did something to help cause the issue. A simple spring replacement on the front struts only needs to loosen the nut attached to the end link/strut then let the whole sway bar hang to allow the strut be removed, the spring will be swapped off the car then strut assembly reinstalled where the end link should fit right back in place with no issue at all. I'm really interested in what the hell he did to cause a 10k mile part have such damage. Not pointing fingers but highly suspect user error.

 

[Aaron Vucsko]

I'm mad suspect too. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way. Thanks for the advice