The end broke off on mine. The sway bar itself, not the link. I've never had that happen on a car even with 300,000 miles on it.
Is this common in Monte Carlos?

 

Havnt heard anyone on this site ever mention breaking a sway bar. It's not a common problem on any car to be exact but if you can do the labor it can be a cheap fix after a visit to your local junk yard.

 

The bar cracking is somewhat common and somewhat not. It's a w-body platform car (Monte, Grand Prix, Regals, Impalas, Centuries and I'm sure I'm missing one or two). Probably 1-2 people per platform have had it happen. My dad's '98 Grand Prix did it and my ex-wife's Impala just did it.

The sway bars on these cars are hollow, that is part of the reason (rots from the inside out). Unless you can get a cherry looking junk yard one, I'd order this guy, as it's an upgraded sway bar (we did it fro my dad's Grand Prix because I was going to be at the local Summit Racing and that was the cheapest replacement since I could save us the shipping).
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/na...el/monte-carlo

 

Here was mine. I caught it before it came apart. Hollow bars my friend

 

The one on my 2005 Monte SS cracked so I got one from gmpartsdirect.com








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12498643 - HEAVY DUTY FRONT SWAY BAR KIT

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List Price:$79.95Price:$63.07You Save: $16.88 (21%) DESCRIPTION: HEAVY DUTY FRONT SWAY BAR KIT For use on 1999-2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 2000-2002 Chevrolet Impala; 1997-2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. This 34mm bar enhances cornering by reducing body roll. The kit includes stabilizer bar P/N 10404184, bushings P/N 10403188, and end links P/N 10403402.


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Honestly I didn't know chevy has hallow sway bars, I swapped one for my buddy's K5 blazer once, that thing weighted a ton though I highly doubt his was hallow

 

i have did this repair before and did a write up, if you search it hear im sure it will come up. i went and got a replacement from 1aAuto.com their video along with other info help me do mines but look up this repair up on youtube and that will help as well. the hardest part was getting the new one in had to do some wiggling