Well, I’m finally ready to start putting my front end back together after stripping it down completely a while ago. When I removed the front sway bar, there was a plastic piece on top of the mounting location to the frame. It is where the bushing/bracket mounts. In the process of removing them, the old brittle plastic broke apart. I don’t really see any purpose for these parts, other than a cheesy locking device (the plastic piece snaps to the mounting location and has pockets that fit around the nuts). Is it something that is installed at the factory so someone will know that the sway bar was ever removed (like a tamper proof seal)? Do I really need to replace these? If these are cheesy locking devices, could I just use Loctite instead? My Stang is a 1986 5.0 LX.
