Name this suspension piece? Stock GTS

[Juggalo95]

What is this piece hanging off the drivers side suspension arm? Why is it just there? Its looks like a sway bar cut but its not?

 

[WHITE94COBRA]

it's a broken and missing swaybar.

 

[Juggalo95]

Thats what I thought...but how the heck does a sway bar break? Are they pretty weak on these cars? Do 6cyl cars sway bar fit on a GT?

 

[SeventyMach1]

A better question would be do 6'ers even have them. I don't think my GT even came with one.

 

[Chris_Red_V8]

Thats what I thought...but how the heck does a sway bar break? Are they pretty weak on these cars? Do 6cyl cars sway bar fit on a GT?

any stang bar v6/v8 from 94-04 will fit.

 

[kevinspann]

Yep broken sway bar. V-6s after 1998 didnt have one though, and i believe that the 94-98 V6 used a 21mm rear bar, and the GT/GTS used a 24mm rear bar. But either way, stock bars can fail, 94-98 cobras are rather notorious for breaking them

 

[WHITE94COBRA]

Actually you have that backwords, the Gt's GTS's were notorious for breaking them, when looking for a replacement look for the 94 - 98 cobra one's. Also I believe steeda, hotchkis, and eibach make replacements for them now. I broke 2 of them in my old Gt, but my stocker on the cobra is hanging strong, even as hard as I drive her.

Yep broken sway bar. V-6s after 1998 didnt have one though, and i believe that the 94-98 V6 used a 21mm rear bar, and the GT/GTS used a 24mm rear bar. But either way, stock bars can fail, 94-98 cobras are rather notorious for breaking them

 

[Juggalo95]

Yeh I thought it was that but was unsure...But causes these to fail? Normal driving? Hard launches?

 

[WHITE94COBRA]

The first time in my 95 it broke when I was turning hard, the second time was a speed bump... So to answer your question, really anything where it put's a strain on the bar.

Yeh I thought it was that but was unsure...But causes these to fail? Normal driving? Hard launches?

 

[Juggalo95]

How safe is it not to run a rear sway bar? It seems ok to me so far...I dont drive this car nearly as hard as I did my crx...my stang is still stock and probably will be suspension wise but I might uprgrade to a rear sway bar

 

[WHITE94COBRA]

It wont hurt at all, it'll just feel a little squishy.

 

[SeventyMach1]

I don't use one. I think maybe the P.O. removed it. Looking at getting one now, lol. Especially after reading on that link someone posted in another thread recently.