Saw that broken in first shot

The biggest weakness of the stock sway bar is that it’s hollow, there is barely any support. The replacements from ZZP are a huge upgrade, and helps reduce body roll and understeer. The installation process is the same across all W-body cars, a few little differences here and there. On my Intimidator, the sway bar is right against the brakes while on a GTP or Regal they are farther back. Nonetheless the ZZP sway bars are a huge upgrade, not too expensive and very straightforward. Highly recommend

so after a whole bunch of stuff and breaking a set of these I managed to take off the pulley (not the manifold) and replace them easy peasy so thank you sir you helped me save a bunch of money and learn stuff about cars)

YOU ARE A LIFESAVER I'm replacing my lower manifold gaskets as well as swapping out that coolant elbow for a metal one and i didn't realize that there was a bit of the old elbow still stuck but using the toggle bolts took like 10 seconds and I'm so happy ttyyyy

Ur video sucks u talk to much plus u didn't show to remove old sway bar and install. Terrible video

this was the best youtube ive seen about this mine has slow leak so i bought the new steel ones i will try on weekend great job

Where did you get the replacement parts ???

You are awesome the video was extremely helpful and detailed

Each time the pieces break off, sometimes O-Rings get left behind and some plastic pieces that u cant get out, i went ahead and left both old pieces inside the [Upper] hole...it really wasn't a big issue even after replacing it the first time, that same piece Kept failing Until i showed this metal piece to my engine, White Thunder is happy once again :), P.S. Do Not leave the plastic piece/O-ring inside the Coolant bypass unit ^_^

So did the unit go bad after changing the waterpump? Because water leaking on it is no good obviously and you you took that pump out you really got the optispark wet!! Normally when someone goes in there and does this job everything gets done! Hoses, belt, waterpump and optispark. I just did this job myself but i did the whole shabang!! Even plugs and wires!! Im not gonna have to get back in there for a LONG TIME!! Hopefully!!🤞🤞🤞

So, did your o rings fail on those aluminum elbows, people are saying to use the OEM gaskets that come on the plastic ones, because the aluminum ones will leak eventually.

I changed my elbow out to only find them leaking again I had a hard time putting them back in any advice

Will this leak cause your engine to overheat?

Where can I buy the elbows? Thank you

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What are those called. ....when I ask for them? Just coolant elbows?

GM knew full well that those plastic elbows would fail. Planned obsolescence. It's BS !!!!!!!!!!!! Got a Buick LeSabre leaking from those things, right now.

Great video I found it really detailed and easy to understand should be able to swap the elbows out on my 2000 Pontiac bonneville ssei, I was just gonna clean out the ports that the elbows sit in with a wire brush but I think I’m gonna run to the store and get some scotch bright pad to clean them so I don’t mar up the aluminum

I have no idea how to get this water pump back in, sob is a tight fit

Great video! Unfortunately my aluminum elbows (at least the one I can see) is/are leaking. Someone GLOBED rtv in with it. Just a dab will do ya if your going to use rtv 🙄. Anyway, now I have to pull it apart to replace them. Mine is a supercharged 04 Impala SS l67. Been a great car otherwise

what size are the bolts on the bracket

Replace with the metal ones...then you have to deal with o-rings breaking

Thanks for this video!

Thanks. Worked like a charm

Excellent video from an excellent instructor, well done keep up the good work!

Thanks. I’ll be trying this ASAP

Where are you located

Thanks Mike! Never done this before and your video made it pretty easy.

Appreciate the time to vid this. I don't car how easy you or anyone makes this or any other project look, it will take me 3x as long and I always hit a snag. Plus, no way could I do these projects without a turrets like tapestry of cus words.

Thank you very much. Very helpful and informative. 👍

why didn't these come factory? is a joke

what if part of the old elbow drops down into the lower manifold? just a black plastic ring but it worries me. I got the o-ring out ..........

My '93 C4 has the same issue. This will help a lot! Great explanation! Thanks!

I would really like to thank you very much I was able to do it myself

Thank you! My horn has been working intermittently on my 93 C4. Sometimes not at all. I would have never had the nerve to try and pop the buttons off if I hadn't watched your video. Easy to break, but with your technique it wasn't a problem. One copper pad was misaligned on the right button, causing the top to sometimes not work, and the bottom on the left is completely missing. So now I'm at 3/4 working. Just need to find that small copper part and I'll be at 100%. Thanks!

Unfortunate tiny weak links, keep eyes open

Thanks for the great video! I have to do this with my '07 Pontiac, just noticed it broke like yours did

When you show the bolt to prove there is a taper.... its not a taper.. your threads rusted out

Thanks for the video It helped a lot funnier yet we have the same song playing in the background

Will this cause lost oil n water

Hoping for a quick reply as I have to have my ‘04 Buick done tomorrow! Does the toggle bolt cause any scoring? Praying it doesn’t.

How many mile on you Corvette

great video Mike......just doing mine now....do you still have your gtp in 2021?

My plastic elbows came out in pieces, I had to extract the broken pieces from the tensioner as well as the block, to extract them I used a couple large bolts, I just screwed them into the broken plastic piece a few turns, twisted turned and eventually pulled them right out. "PRO TIP!!!" Replace the rubber O rings on the metal heater hose fittings clamped to the hoses before you re install them into the tensioner. If the metal heater hose fittings them selves have a lot of play when you re install them, go ahead and replace them, they are pitted, worn out, and WILL cause leaks! Auto Zone has them for about 18 bucks a piece. Good luck anyone to anyone reading this...YOU GOT THIS ;)

thanks so much

Thanks for the help 🔧

Thank you so so much for this, I'm about to attempt to change mine tomorrow and im nervous I haven't ever done anything like this before beside like changing my oil lol

straight forward description and nice video. My broken elbows were way more of an issue than yours...and i used a bearing puller to try to get out the remnants. piece past the o ring wound up having to be pushed INTO the engine, then fished out with wire...no big issue...cleaning up the surfaces was the most time consuming for me.

Buy AC DELCO o-rings. they last the dorman ones fail after a few years. after replacing them 3 times I got the right o-rings and they have lasted for years now. 2003 Chevy Impala 3.8 275k