05-07-2011, 04:10 am
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Had some front end work done this week and discovered that the rubber on the swar bar links had deteriorated, requiring replacement. My C5 is a 2000, Z51 convertible with 41k miles so I was surprised to see this. The rears also will require replacement. How common is this among C5s at such low mileage? I did so a forum search and see where others have changed out the links but seems the link failure is premature. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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05-09-2011, 01:22 pm
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Are your current links the plastic type? If so, I would switch out all to the metal type GM uesed later on. I've never heard of either type failing though, so I think it was premature like you said. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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05-09-2011, 03:23 pm
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I had a metal end link pivot get loose and rattle but is that the part he's really talking about ? | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The oem (non adjustable) links have a rubber boot on them. The rubber is pretty good & I have not seen the rubber go bad without some other factor going on. They are far enough from the rotor heat, I would think, that they don't melt, like all the other rubber on the calipers & adjacent to the rotor (tie rod ends). I agree, at those miles, it's quite premature. :) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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