Has anyone ever changed their stock sway bar bushings? I decided at 10:00 pm last night to change mine. Looked pretty simple, 1 bolt on either side and remove the mounting brackets, slide off the old bushing, put new one on the bar and bolt the brackets back on.
RIGHT!!!!! Getting them off is not the issue, putting them back on however is another thing altogether. The new bushings are much bigger due to being new and not compressed yet. Getting them to line up is a BEEEYOOCH! After much cursing and sweating under the car, I got the driver’s side on. Ok, now I have the trick, leverage and a pair of vice grips. Now the passenger side. Remove the bracket. Wow that was much easier, but why did the whole bracket and bushing come off together? OH that’s why, the sway bar is broken and was being kept together by the bushing!!!!
I ended up still putting what was left of the bar into the bushing and put the bracket back on (busted the bolt first of course and had to find another one to fit).
Now I guess it’s time for a sway bar upgrade. Any suggestions?
Cheers.
RIGHT!!!!! Getting them off is not the issue, putting them back on however is another thing altogether. The new bushings are much bigger due to being new and not compressed yet. Getting them to line up is a BEEEYOOCH! After much cursing and sweating under the car, I got the driver’s side on. Ok, now I have the trick, leverage and a pair of vice grips. Now the passenger side. Remove the bracket. Wow that was much easier, but why did the whole bracket and bushing come off together? OH that’s why, the sway bar is broken and was being kept together by the bushing!!!!
I ended up still putting what was left of the bar into the bushing and put the bracket back on (busted the bolt first of course and had to find another one to fit).
Now I guess it’s time for a sway bar upgrade. Any suggestions?
Cheers.
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