Seriously after owning a Subaru for 2 years, I've just been loaded with ****ing problems one after another, I love it but omfg, you have to be kidding me with this bull**** stuff breaking. Come on the frame actually breaking off or tearing?!?!?!?!?! I can't just replace this piece....



These seems to be the re-enforcement brackets but, welding needed on that tear?
AVO Rear Sway Bar Mounts Legacy 2005-2009

 

If it's not possible for you to replace the actual piece, you probably should get it welded. Either way you should probably take care of that tear, even if you get the reinforcement brackets.

 

if you can remove it, welding it would be much more easy, other then that its kind of a pain to try and get nice welds with a mig gun pointing up in a awkward pose, but i managed with my friends audi, welds looked ugly but they are holding up.

 

Well that stinks. Does not look removable to me. Any good welding shop willing to do the repairs would more than likely be able to make some re-enforcement brackets for way less than the AVO ones you linked. If you want to design your own bracket out of cardboard it would be way cheaper still. I know a good welder in Menlo Park. Hit me up if you want some more info.

If you are still driving around you may want to take the sway bar completely out so you do not break the other side.

 

I dont know where your located, but if you can swing thru the east bay my old man can put a weld on that thing and make it stronger that it was when it rolled off the factory.. and for no charge of course

 

Code3 is gonna check it for me next week when I'm at his house and yeah were gonna go from there, Noah said I should be fine without welding also but as a precaution if someone around has a welder why not. But Probably will buy those AVO brackets, no one has had issues with them whatsoever.

 

ok, let me know if something changes.

My dad is the head welder at the Livermore Lab welding the multi-billion dollar laser, he's no Joe-Blow when it comes to welding.

 

This type of stuff happens to other brands of cars also.

 

I'm pretty sure that's just the bracket and will not need to be welded. Call or go to the dealer and they can get you a part number and you can order 2 new ones for like 5$. They bolt on. My car being a 2.5i didnt even come with a rear sway bar so when I went to install one I had to order those brackets to hold it in. Simple fix. No welding needed.

 

if thats the case order 2 new ones and those fancy red plates

 

Looks to me like the swaybar bracket is broken clean through and the mount is tearing on the backside.

 

Damn dude that sucks, how did you even see that?

And ifeel you on the repairs haha...I'm on radiator #2, trans #2, motor #3, turbo #4...my bc coilovers are the only thing that's lasted but they are on their way out too

 

Sorry bro. Gonna have to get that thing welded.

This was a common problem with upgraded swaybars on Gen 3 Integras too, which is why there are a number of products on the market to reinforce the subframe for those cars when using an aftermarket sway. I actually worked with a dude to design one of those kits.

 

Get those reinforcement plates. Get that welder. Any welder fresh out of school should be able to weld that up in no time.

Hell I know a few of them that could do it in their garages. Take it to a shop and have it welded. I know GST has an in-house welder. It's worth a call.


As for the tearing issue. This is a common issue with a lot of cars. We've just been lucky as subaru owners to not have as big of an issue as other folks. But the fact that there is a part existing for it means that the information was out there that it is an issue for that particular car.

Big sway bar in a place designed for a small one... excess stress not intended by the subaru engineers. It's like the crappy sway bar mounts that were on the bug eyes. Those things broke. So they beefed them up knowing that users were putting bigger sway bars on. Etc.

Good luck with the repair. I remember back in my honda days this was a huge issue.

But I wouldn't stress out too hard. It can be fixed.

 

Same with most civics. That's why I ran the sway bar/tie bar combo on mine that had a huge machined aluminum reinforcement.