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Just because I thought others might like to know, and that I am such an community-minded person: If for some reason you remove the front stabiliser bar (alternately known as sway bar or anti-sway bar) on an early Liberty and then put another one, or the original back in - it can go in 2 ways. Only one is right. The stabiliser bar links should go almost vertically from the lower control arm, not slightly below horizontal.

If you want to know what happens if you get it wrong please read on: It's all fine when going in a straight line, but approaching full lock the link bolts contact the tyres and wheels and can potentially remove some excess rubber / metal from each respectively. A puncture in the inner sidewall can also be a result. It also doesn't sound or feel great. If you're lucky the stabiliser bar also thuds on the exhaust headers since there is nominally bugger-all clearance.

Just FYI of course.

I dont own a liberty,
But its a good bit of info to know, could be life saving

Thanks

thanks, it mite be good to know that some day, would that be the same for a Gen 3 Lib?

Holy smokes Dazz, I'm glad you're okay.
Do any other damage?

Ah gees mate that sounds ugly!

'Thanks for the tip!' as i have an early Lib.

I'm OK, just some damaged tyres (not critically thankfully) and shaved a bit of off the wheels...

This is why I am always careful after doing some backyard work and give it a bit of a test before I get too carried away with how successful my job is

Just wish I picked it up before it did the damage. I had a feeling it just didn't look right...

SUBYDAZZ wrote:This is why I am always careful after doing some backyard work and give it a bit of a test before I get too carried away with how successful my job is

I'm the same when ever i've done something to the car, always listen to it for the first trip, then check it over when I stop or hear something abnormal...

Cheers for the info, although I don't own a lib i may beable to shed some light for others who do.

Bennie