Am I in danger of an accident?

Tiny
RHONDA
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  • 1998 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 130,000 MILES
What can happen if a sway bar link breaks? And bushings are bad? My boyfriend is a mechanic and of course won't help me. I married a mechanic, and he wouldn't work on our cars either! Lol what's up with that?
Rhonda
P.S. I have a 1998 Monte Carlo, 3.8 z34
Friday, December 17th, 2010 AT 2:24 AM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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A sway bar (also stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar, roll bar, or anti-roll bar, ARB) is an automobile suspension device. It connects opposite (left/right) wheels together through short lever arms linked by a torsion spring. A sway bar increases the suspension's roll stiffness†its resistance to roll in turns, independent of its spring rate in the vertical direction.

Soooo if the link fails you will experience some excess body roll through corners, best get this fixed.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, December 20th, 2010 AT 8:29 AM

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