Why do my new suspension parts keep breaking?
New suspension components like sway bar links can fail within just a few miles if they are greasable parts that never actually receive any grease. This lack of lubrication causes the replacement parts to break down and sound broken almost immediately. Switching to sealed suspension parts prevents this rapid failure because their sealed boots do not rely on manual greasing to last.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Why do my new suspension parts keep breaking?
- 1Specifically requesting or purchasing sealed suspension parts instead of ones with grease fittings.Did this help you?
- 2Greasing the parts yourself at every 5,000-mile oil change.Did this help you?
- 3Taking the vehicle to a different shop and requesting a refund for the faulty installation.Did this help you?
- 4replacing multiple adjacent thermostats and fuses simultaneously just in caseDid this help you?
- 5deep-cleaning exhaust ducts and testing electrical inputs to rule out root causesDid this help you?
- 6buying cheap replacement parts from online marketplaces to save moneyDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I keep having to replace the heating element every few months and every time I do, I also swap out the high limit thermostat, the dryer cycling thermostat, the thermal fuse, and the thermal cut off switch. (I think I've done this a half dozen times in the last four years.)”source ↗
“Every time I replace the heating element, the upper part is disfigured and black while the lower half isn't.”source ↗
“I hope to replace this dryer sooner but if it the reason I keept burning through heating elements is because of a power issue, I want to identify that now before getting a new machine.”source ↗
“I only use sealed suspension parts on my vehicles, no matter the brand having a sealed boot will last longer than a greasable part that never sees any grease.”source ↗
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