richienolan

i was wondering if any one else has this problem wih there sway bar bushings i have went thourgh to sets now and dont no y is there any polyurthane ones i can buy some one please help

richienolan

darn nobody knows y im going thourgh these bushings or were i can find some good polyurthan ones at

this-is-it-ss-05

try energy suspension, don't know how they look but if you know the measure, you can get it from them. and remember to keep an eye on the sway bar end links, i think because of the stiffness of the sway bar, does will receive a beat. my 2 cents, then again i could just be wrong 100%.

qwikredline

#1 there are no poly bushings and it would be a step back. #2 you are probably single bolt and tab fixing and that is the problem. Go to updated FE5 two bolt clamps your problems are over. I think....

richienolan

no i do have the two bolt clamp and my sway bar links are good and y would poly ones be taking a step back im a little confused

OBZ

polyurethane is actually a softer material than OEM bushings..

northvibe

iTrader: (1)

do you have an upgraded sway bar? what model cobalt are you?

richienolan

no stock everything 2006 ss/sc ok so i think im just going to get the stock bushings

northvibe

iTrader: (1)

...what other mods do you have? do you have like a engine damper? or motor mounts? seems odd you would go threw sway bar bushings like that. What do you mean you go threw them? Like are they just squeaking or are they destroyed?

richienolan

no other mods yet but i have ordered damper and mounts but yeah the stock ones were good till a couple of months ago and started goign bad and now they are destroyed so i replaced them with top of the line moogs and they only lasted 1 month and are destroyed so i think im goin back to stock ones

northvibe

iTrader: (1)

hmmm how many miles on your car? do you drive it hard?

well see if the moogs have a warranty on them, but yeah go with stock ones again.

ecl

this is actually a very common thing over on the HHR forums. Ive had it since around 20k miles and been to the dealer countless times to get fixed with no luck. I got a pair of greasable bushings which unfortunatly I havent got put on yet, but hopefully soon. Also another part in question is the end links(Im pretty sure thats what I read some were).

richienolan

yeah i got 47k on her the problem started at about 45k with the old ones and i know my end links are good i dont drive it hard all the time lol but i do live in cleveland and the roads up here suck *****, i just moved up here from morganown, WV and thats about the tim all this happened so im saying its ohio's fault lol

qwikredline

Its a mystery to me. I hammer the heck out of the car, we been road racing Delta's steady since 2004 & dont see the bushings work out on a 2 bolt clamp...dont know what to tell you...

richienolan

well thanks any ways lol

qwikredline

Here is my problem: look at the retaining clip. it has a stamped groove in the clamp and it has rolled edges;all help retain the swaybar bushing in place, plus a bonded stop in the bar itself. The bushing has to do some pretty extraordinary things to move out. Over 5 years and about 25 race cobalts we have never seen this bushing "walk" out. Just sayin'

P.S. This cradle is out of my car, an original one bolt with tab mount cradle converted with the new style FE5 clamp and a hole drilled with a bolt to update it..

richienolan

my bar just moves up in down not side to side and mne looks different then that cuz my smaller bolt comes up thurgh the bottom and has a nut on the top but that should not really matter

Hobbitjones

iTrader: (1)

Is the 1 bolt factory and the 2 bolt is an update to the factory ss/sc clamp? A factory ss/sc car would need which clamp and the 24mm bushing correct?

DiverseSuspensionTec

Maybe you can use Energy Suspensions Sway Bar bushings by size? They are also Greaseable .

Energy Suspension Universal Sway Bar Bushings



I Do see the 24MM size, but you would have to measure your bracket to make sure the new bracket would be the same.