I pushed a little too hard into a corner :(

[michaelluscher]

Snapped the sway bar bracket
Made a god awful racket slowly rolling home, felt like the subframe was coming undone
Luckily a replacement is $20 or so, gonna see if I can get a welding shop to reinforce the new one so it lasts longer
Apparently this isn't uncommon on Camry's with a thicker (TRD) rear sway bar

 

[stevejones]

Looks like a good reason to buy a welder & DIY!

 

[bbhero]

Camry's aren't meant to drive real hard into any corner...



Main thing is you are all right and hot home.

 

[Jetronic]

is there only 1 side of that bracket bolted up? That's made to fail...

 

[mpack88]

Had that happen to me on a 95 Saturn Sl1.

 

[MParr]

New brackets and bushings.

 

[spasm3]

It would be tempting to weld a little more reinforcement into the new bracket.

 

[Egg_Head]

I'd say rust may have been a contributing factor there too Speed Racer.

 

[mattd]

I'd say rust may have been a contributing factor there too Speed Racer.

Definetely looks that way .

 

[LeakySeals]

Did you install the aftermarket swaybar? The bushings are toast. Question is can you get that swaybar bracket bolt off?

 

[bullwinkle]

I like the first video/pic! A tiny little shiny area by the crack, the rest of it rusted off! I would put a healthy coating of Rustoleum on the new part when you install it, and do an underbody wash in the winter after salt gets underneath,

 

[OIL_UDDER]

Fun isn't free! LOL

 

[Kestas]

The design allowed for moment loading and movement. This was a perfect setup for high cycle fatigue under the fastener. It's a design goof that passed testing.

 

[Jetronic]

with a wire thin arb probably...

 

[AutoMechanic]

At least it’s not a Camry that has plastic sway bar end links that snap on the littlest impact lol.

 

[JT20]

Man I'm glad you're okay!

 

[Jetronic]

that's not dangerous at all. Just noisy

 

[OVERKILL]

Toasters aren't designed to be driven like bimmers lol Glad to hear you are OK though, and, as others noted, the design looks marginal. I expect because of how the car is anticipated to be driven vs how you are driving it.

 

[brianl703]

The sway bar bracket breaks loose before the tires do!

 

[supton]

I lost a swaybar link but no idea when. Thought my Camry was rolling a bit in the turns... but didn't think that much of it! Just thought it a bit odd that I had to slow down in the corners.