I am referring to the front stabilizer bar, also called a "sway bar". One side of the bar in my car is broken. I ordered one through a broker, who said they found a "replacement bar" but when it arrived it looked like it had been out in a cow pasture for 30 years. The bushings were all rotted out so I sent it back. Should I looked for an aftermarket item or should I look for another bar and then send it to someone to refurbish it with new installed bushings?

Yes, I already know that it is good to find a better used bar - but my question (maybe it wasn't written clear enough) is when one can't be found - what is better - an aftermarket bar - Is there such a thing? If so, where? - if a bar has to be refurbished, where does one go for that? Any names? Any addresses? Any suggestions where to go.

This still doesn't answer the question. I have access to "replacement" sway bars from junkyards - but none of them have bushings and when I spoke to my mechanic, here in Reno, he told me that what I was bringing was no good. And the sway bar has two permanent bushings built into the bar. When they are rotted out, it is not easy - or perhaps impossible to put a new busing in that closed in space. For some reason, I find sway bars but cannot find bushings. Without the bushings, the bars unusable. If this require a remanufacturing shop somewhere, I need to know where it is. If I could find a better bar - yes, I would, but there does not seem to be such a thing, given how many years these old bars were used.

I have been looking for three months and not found a suitable part yet. No one guarantees them, and if there is a good one out there somewhere, it is not easy to find. The time and cost of returning unusable parts has persuaded me to find a different approach. That's why I asked you this question, thinking you may know something I don't. I've gone through the salvage yards in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and New Jersey - finding nothing usable. With the cost of $300.00 plus per part, I'm trying to get back money spent on returned parts. I'm sorry you were not able to answer my question. I'll just move on - perhaps to shops that specialize in vintage cars. There's no need for further questions or answers.

I dropped the question after I realized that the answers I received were not the answers I was looking for. I went to a vintage repair shop and they are refurbishing the sway bar. I was unable to get any advice from anyone, where to find a bar that was completely ready to install, as a replacement. For some reason, all the "replacements" offers I got were for old incomplete parts that were in no condition to replace anything. I have solved the problem, myself. I haven't clicked on an answer regarding "Like" or "Dislike" because the issue was not one that I could make a comment about.