Duralast Sway Bar End Links

[jhawk]

While chasing down front end noise that turned out to be an upper strut mount on my LR3, I grabbed some sway bar end links from Autozone. Believe it or not they were in stock up the road from my place. Physically they looked beefier in every aspect when compared to the stock links.

They both lasted about a month and one offroad trip, they separated at the top joint. New LR ones are on their way from AB.

For what it's worth, outside of the noise of the links banging around I noticed no difference off or on road. Maybe time to pull the sway bars like on every other Rover I've had?

Jim

 

[unseenone]

Suggest going with the http://www.polybush.co.uk/ available from british4x4outfitters or lucky8 The Orange ones should do the trick. If you do not do that, then the factory ones should be fine. Consider doing them all at once.

 

[dsm02c]

Don't the sway bars limit the downward travel? I'd be interested to hear about the results of using no sway bars...

 

[Derel1cte]

For what it's worth, outside of the noise of the links banging around I noticed no difference off or on road. Maybe time to pull the sway bars like on every other Rover I've had?
Jim

I can't vouch for your experience, but when my rear sway bar link broke the LR3 would buck and and swerve ALL THE TIME. It made any kind of pothole or lane change very scary and unpredictable at >60 mph.

 

[jhawk]

Being the front links might be the difference. I'm also running the coil conversion which must an impact on things.

 

[unseenone]

Now that you mention that, it has been mentioned that a front strut mount is known to break on these. There is a fairly recent thread on that here. Oh, yes, you started that... LOL http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/146933-LR3-Coil-Conversion-Upper-Strut-Mount-Busted I guess this changes the discussion to coil as well.

How long have you been running coils, and when did the problem first show itself?

 

[jhawk]

I've been running the coils for a year or so.

This post is more about letting guys know to try and use Genuine LR parts when you can. In this case there is a difference.

Jim

 

[unseenone]

I agree in most cases!!