Depends on how hard you drive. Removing it won't mean unconditional, instant death, but it will make the car tilt more when cornering and may cause or contribute to other changes to the wheel alignment. Driving without one would mean an added risk, as you never can tell when you'd need to make a sudden turn. Still if it was that or having the car towed or trailered I'd probably drive.
The links go on the end on the sway bar and hook to the suspension. Bushings are used to connect the sway bar to cars frame.
there should be a rear sway bar
sway bar
A sway bar is a torsion bar mounted laterally on a suspension and is designed to reduce side sway. The sway bar attempts to accomplish this by transferring movement from one side of the suspension to the other. This is done through the connection of a torsion bar to each side of an axle by flexible links. (Sway bar links)
A little more information. Year/model. Some sway bar links become loose because of wear and the links continue to work but make a noise when the front end hits a bump. Other sway bar links will break altogether and the vehicle will lean excessivly when going around a corner.
The sway bar is not adjustable, but you can replace the bushings.
A bad sway bar will cause vehicles to shift from side to side more easily when turning. The sway bar provides stability and limits motion.
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Broken sway bar or sway bar links.
It has a sway bar in the front and in the rear. It has a connecting link at each end of each sway bar = 4 total
One danger of not repairing a sway bar on a vehicle is that the stability of the vehicle could be compromised. Without broken sway bar, the vehicle is in greater danger of overturning.
Sway bar has other names as anti-roll bar or stabilizer bar and is present in automobile suspension. The purpose of a sway bar is to keep the body roll of the vehicle at low level during a sharp turn.