So my weekend adventure of new rear struts, sway bar links and sway bar bushings on the 2009 Camry beater went nearly flawlessly.
Until I spun off the head of one of the bracket bolts for the sway bar bushings.
So I tried to drill out the broken bolt and Murphy's law struck so now I have a broken drill stuck inside the sheared bolt.
That ended my Saturday adventure.
So I asked around at the dependable corner garage this morning and the mechanic stated that if it was his car he'd just weld the bracket back on or, alternatively, take the whole sway bar off and continue to drive the vehicle.
Please note, this car is an around town beater with 225k+ on it. I only did the struts because I got them on closeout at Amazon and the ones on the car looked original.
I understand that no rear sway bar can sometimes result in additional understeer but I'm just driving this thing to do local errands.
Opinions???
Until I spun off the head of one of the bracket bolts for the sway bar bushings.
So I tried to drill out the broken bolt and Murphy's law struck so now I have a broken drill stuck inside the sheared bolt.
That ended my Saturday adventure.
So I asked around at the dependable corner garage this morning and the mechanic stated that if it was his car he'd just weld the bracket back on or, alternatively, take the whole sway bar off and continue to drive the vehicle.
Please note, this car is an around town beater with 225k+ on it. I only did the struts because I got them on closeout at Amazon and the ones on the car looked original.
I understand that no rear sway bar can sometimes result in additional understeer but I'm just driving this thing to do local errands.
Opinions???