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Old 07-31-2016 | 09:50 AM
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Do I already have a rear sway bar?

So I crawled under my HHR this morning to get a gauge as to how to install the TTR rear sway bar I ordered, and it looks like there is already a bar running under the triangle shaped cross member? Is that supposed to be there?

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Old 07-31-2016 | 09:59 AM
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Yes but the TTR bar will improve your ride and handling immensely!!!
Old 07-31-2016 | 10:05 AM
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https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/2-4l...sway-bar-4949/

This thread from 2006 references what I found as the "Torque Tube Stiffener"
Old 07-31-2016 | 10:25 AM
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That's what it technically is!
Old 07-31-2016 | 10:54 AM
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We did have a talk about this last year in the TTR sway bar thread. Take a look here for some extra reading. https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/hhr-...r-38589/page7/
And, if you like pictures better. Here's the one from that thread:
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Old 07-31-2016 | 10:55 AM
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I've crawled under my LS and confirmed it has this stiffener bar also, just forgot my camera!
Old 07-31-2016 | 06:17 PM
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It is a torsion bar, the TTR is an add on, meaning you keep the small factory torsion bar, and add on the TTR rear sway bar. All cobalts and HHRs are this way
Issue: factory torsion bar is to small by itself and needs help; the TTR rear bar helps give proper support.
Old 07-31-2016 | 08:40 PM
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Thanks!!! Just waiting on shipping info for my new sway bar :)
Old 08-01-2016 | 12:19 PM
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Yup
Old 08-01-2016 | 03:15 PM
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Y'all post pictures when you bolt it up!!



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