Weltmeister sway bar = rattle trap, how to fix? Options

[cha914]

Ok, I have a 21mm welt sway bar up front that the PO had in the car. Before my last big trip ,MUSR 6, I upgraded the droplinks to the adj welt jobbies and I took the bar out and relubed the bushings and it quited down for quite a while.

However, after ~600+ miles of OK roads and more pounding here in Austin, it is making more noise than ever. In steady corners its quiet, sharp ones I hear a crack and then its good, and on bumpy roads it is horrible....crack, crack, pop, pop...etc

When I took the bar out the last time I noticed that the thrugh body bushings allowed the bar to move side to side quite a bit (like 1inch plus) so I have some new bushings that are stepped and will hopefully hold the bar in the center:

(IMG:http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/images/suspension/sway_bar_cup_bushing.JPG)

Also, it seems like one of the heim joints on the droplinks has some play in it and has got to be making some noise, these things have maybe 2 - 3000miles on them, now I know they probably arn't the best, but this seems a little soon. What heimjoints do you guys like for replacements, where do you buy them from? or are heimjoints always goinig to be this loud?

Finally, I just got a new valance and want to attach with Dzus fastiners, were is a good place to get enough to do 6 fastiners without going broke?



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Tony