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Old 05-19-2008, 03:30 PM
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rear sway bar

I rebuilt mine recently and never posted anything about. A few weeks ago I had a knocking noise when hitting bumps and stopping. I checked everything out and found the rear sway bar on my truck to be very loose. The bushings were egg shaped bad and the endlinks were shot. I had a heck of a time trying to find the parts anywhere. From what I found out that only dodge carries the parts. I shelled out about $130 for everything. It was a nice easy fix for a saturday morning and now the truck no long knocks when stopping or hitting bumps. If anyone has a similar noise and you have a sway bar on the rear axle check it out.
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I have the noise as well. I found parts at rockauto, but have not replaced them yet. I'm lazy. KD
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I never even thought about looking online for them.
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What all did you get the rebuild? $130 for a rear sway rebuild doesn't seem too bad.

Heck I called about replacment door clips and they want $11.73 a clip. Thats like 2.5 gallons of diesel!
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Originally Posted by brianpgriset
What all did you get the ***********? $130 for a rear sway rebuild doesn't seem too bad.

Heck I called about replacment door clips and they want $11.73 a clip. Thats like 2.5 gallons of diesel!
Are you talkin about the clips that hold the dooor panel to the door itself? I wanna say when I had my panel off and need some new clips the dodge dealer want a stupid price for the things. I ended up finding some at autozone that matched the factory ones pretty close. The dealer has some outrageous pricing.
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