Busted Sway Bar Axle Mount

[Bronco]

So I noticed some funny handling and on investigation I found this hanging from my Sway bar link. Clearly it has been cracked for a while and finally let go.

I thought about welding it up but the way it's broken and with all the stuff around it so close I don't have very high confidence that a repair can be made as good or better than new.

I have another housing that I could just replace it with. That is a lot of work. I'm not sure if the gears in it match or if they would need to be swapped as well. I would have to redo the ball joints As there are none on the replacement.

Anyone ever seen this failure? Suggestions on the best way to fix it?

 

[jode]

I'm not really an expert on XJs or anything, so you'll have to take this with a grain of salt, but it looks like your mount may be broken.
:moon:

 

[mini=man]

If I were running sway bars I would bevel and weld it back. Maybe add a fish plate type deal.

Or you could drop coin on beefier ones from JCR http://www.jcroffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SWYBR&Category_Code=DPL

 

[Bronco]

Or you could drop coin on beefier ones from JCR http://www.jcroffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SWYBR&Category_Code=DPL

Thanks for the link I had not seen that product. Looks like a fair price. Anyone have experience welding them on. How much do you have to tear down to get in there and weld?

 

[xcm]

i would just make it go back on... obviously you said it doesnt match up perfectly to re-weld, and i cant see why thats so.... but i would make it work with peices of scrap metal, if not just re-fab something, it is just a peice of metal with a hole in it.

 

[Tim_MN]

You don't really have to remove much besides the tire.


http://store.jksmfg.com/merchant2/m...0_915&Store_Code=JKS01&Category_Code=FABParts

http://www.polyperformance.com/shop...y-Bar-Relocation-Bracket-Weld-On-p-21291.html

 

[Bronco]

Well the make it go back ons have it.
I had a guy weld it back and add gussets to both side for $60. I'll see how it goes, but as of now its better than a few days of wrenching to swap the housing.
thanks for the help

 

[xcm]

glad you got it sorted out without swapping axles, it'd be a shame to see a d30 go out of commission for something so small.