I was looking under the rear of my car and I noticed the passenger side of my rear sway bar on my GSL-SE was bent down between the sway bar body connections.

Has anyone experienced this before?

Here is a pic, notice how bent the near side is apposed to the far side



I think this was caused by the dry pavement donuts I was doing the other day

 

I just asked the same question the other day and the answer I got was that it was a stock bend. Mine looks the exact same way. Kinda goofy eh?

~T.J.

 

YES, thats the stock bend. weird huh. i removed it after hearing all the good in removing it and after my mechanic of rotarys for 35YRS told me too...that and dropping the whole read end.

 

Damn that looks really freaky

 

The strange thing is the axle and suspension is symetrical back there. Why the heck did Mazda bend it like that??? Maybe it was designed for a a panhard rod setup?!?!?

--Bob

 

Its to clear the watts link bracket.

 

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My '83's GSL is even bent like that.

 

Yep, perfectly normal. Oh, while it's off... Throw it onto the nearest scrap heap.

 

what are the benifits of removing the rear sway bar?

 

I put poly bushings on mine and when I popped it out I thought I bent it too ... and all i can say is have fun putting it back on especially if your putting new bushings on, if it behaves like mine did its very uncooperative when you try put it back on.

 

The car becomes more predictable and less prone to nasty oversteer.

Do a search, there's been heaps of discussion about it.