What broke in my suspension?

A ton of work that may be totally unnecessary.

If rust is the reason it broke then replacing the whole crossmember may be the best option. But if it just broke because of a poor weld, which is very possible, then there’s absolutely no reason to replace the whole crossmember.

If it was a poor factory weld you should have no problem welding the anchor back into place and gusseting it. And then you can gusset the other side to match and be on your way. I gusset the torsion bar anchors on all of my cars regardless, it goes right along with seam welding and gusseting the K frame. Some of the factory welds on these cars are terrible.


And you had to quote me to give your opinion?

I was going to blame it on the poly LCA bushings to get you to chime in. It doesn't even take that anymore.

Just took another set of those powdered up poly bushings out of another car that came here. The guy said he put them in 3 years ago. I told him he didn't install them properly like you said. Yours lasted over 20 yrs. Putting the lube on takes experience. You know whacks on Whacks off. I warned him. You gotta have the correct amount of lube .