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BLACK 346
30-03-2019, 12:02 PM
Has anyone ever heard of this happening or had it happen to any of their vehicles? Had the daughter's Golf in for service this morning and when I picked it up was handed about a quarter of the rear sway bar lol. I has just snapped. Looks like I will have to go shopping for some aftermarket F+R bars.
whitels1ss
30-03-2019, 12:53 PM
I would have thought they would have been made out of a decent quality spring steel? :confused:

I just used google & found a few other VW's with the same issues.....


Here is just one thread from a UK VW forum.....



https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=61271.0
BLACK 346
30-03-2019, 12:55 PM
I would have thought they would have been made out of a decent quality spring steel? :confused:

Yes, agree. They are hollow, but snapping in half, never seen or heard of it. Might take it in to Solitaire and see what they say.
deltak
30-03-2019, 04:38 PM
Unexpected but possibly due to poor heat treatment of the batch. Maybe!!

Without the back bar, the car will under-steer more. Suggest you replace with like (OEM) OR replace both front and back (aftermarket) to keep the original cars balance.
BLACK 346
31-03-2019, 07:02 AM
Unexpected but possibly due to poor heat treatment of the batch. Maybe!!

Without the back bar, the car will under-steer more. Suggest you replace with like (OEM) OR replace both front and back (aftermarket) to keep the original cars balance.
Yep, that is the plan ��
Micks
31-03-2019, 08:31 AM
Hollow bar! Piss poor by the manuf!! :shock:
whitels1ss
31-03-2019, 11:34 AM
Here is how they should all be made.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9hw0DmqvUw
mjrandom
31-03-2019, 01:23 PM
Rear shocks ok?
BLACK 346
31-03-2019, 05:38 PM
Rear shocks ok?

Practically brand new :)
mjrandom
03-04-2019, 09:49 AM
Hollow bar is fine for this application. Restistance to torsion and bending is determined by area moment of inertia which is diameter to the 4th power, that is diamaeter squared squared. I am fitting a Watts link to our project Escort and I was going to make it adjustable since the donor AU XR6 is wider across the mounting points. Links are 19 OD and 11.4 ID. Equivalent solid bar is just over 18 diameter which is 2.5x heavier per metre. Makes good sense as long as the bar is manufactured properly. So I am just going to cut and joint the links.
BLACK 346
06-04-2019, 12:21 PM
Had a chat with Michael at Pedders Prospect (he did the Coilovers on my Calais), and he has recommended that we leave the stock front bar in place and put a whiteline bar in the rear. He believes this is the happy medium for these cars and will sharpen it up nicely. According to his advice, going a bigger bar in the front will make it very unpleasant to drive on Adelaide's roads. So that is what we are doing :)