I'm hearing you on this. I soaked the nuts overnight in solvent before putting them back on. As I looked at the hefty A-arm 1/2 bolts, I wondered why the cross member ones were weasly tin/aluminum poly gasket nuts that are barely worthy of holding on a valve stem.
My only guess is that this point of tension on the sway bar is insignificant and only serves as a guidance similar to the functionality of a muffler hanger in it's importance to overall FuncSway. The connection to the right and left A-arm is the goal, the cross member is a convenient secondary anchor in between.
I'm sure I'm over-generalizing. lol
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