Rear Sway Bar CLUNK!

[Divinitous]

About a week after i got my jeep i kept noticing a clunk when i made sharp turns with it. I crawled under there and looked at everything connected to the rear axe. The sway bar was quite loose. So i tightened it to factory specs. Now, every month or so it needs to be retightened. I'm pretty much under the impression that the bolthole on the brackets have pretty much just gotten ovalized and tis just going to keep playing this game with me. Anyone have any idea as to how i can fix this without any welding skills?

I'm cheap, i'd rather just tighten it every month than spend more than $60 (rough extremely cheap guess to show my cheapness) to have the metal filled in or a new bracket installed.

[badzook]

About a week after i got my jeep i kept noticing a clunk when i made sharp turns with it. I crawled under there and looked at everything connected to the rear axe. The sway bar was quite loose. So i tightened it to factory specs. Now, every month or so it needs to be retightened. I'm pretty much under the impression that the bolthole on the brackets have pretty much just gotten ovalized and tis just going to keep playing this game with me. Anyone have any idea as to how i can fix this without any welding skills?

I'm cheap, i'd rather just tighten it every month than spend more than $60 (rough extremely cheap guess to show my cheapness) to have the metal filled in or a new bracket installed.

Take it out... You don't need it... When you do a lift kit it get's tossed out anyway...
badzook

[Lagooz00xj]

what bad said...

or you could try some thread lock compound/loctite type thing.

HTH

[rockdawg]

If you drive your jeep like I do on the street (like its a stolen porche) then you will want to leave it on. otherwize you can take it off. Drill out the holes and tap it to the next size bolt. Or drill it out slightly and use self tapping bolts 1 size larger.