So here's the scenario.

A while back I put the ITR Rear Swaybar on my Integra and all was well. A while later the top bolt of the right mounting bracket backed out of the subframe. No big deal.

Yesterday I replaced the top bolt, went over the entire setup and retightened everything to it's torque specs (as best as I could remember) and put some loctite on the bracket bolts. All is well, right?

Well, no. It's creaking and you can even hear a thump, or feel a thump, in the floorboard (seems to be driver side) now, when I back up or go over big bumps or make sudden movements. Anything that seems to move the sway bar.

The only thing I did not do, was lube the bushings on the swaybar, they have no lube what so ever and I will fix that this evening -- but does anyone else have any other suggestions as to what it could be?

(I should note, the GC's and Koni's have always creaked a little, so maybe this is just exaggerating that creaking, since it's putting more stress on them?)

 

Just like you said, lube the bushings. Also check the end links to make sure they are properly tightened down to the lca's.

 

Just an update for you guys.

I found the bottom bolt on the left mounting bracket to be slightly loose (though no movement was allowed, so it's not an issue). I was unable to tighten that (because I have to take out the LCA bolt to do that, and I was on my lunch break) but I did squeeze as much White Lithium Grease into all of the bushings on the swaybar and the Lower Control Arms as I possibly could, without taking the bushings themselves off.

This made for a half-ass lube job as I doubt much actually got INTO the bushings, but my preliminary -- 2 mile drive up and down speedbumps and driveways (that would normally replicate the noise) has shown, no noises.

So, it could have, in fact, been the lack of lubrication on the bushings.