Sway Bar Rubber Bushing Help
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Sway Bar Rubber Bushing Help
Replacing front and rear sway bar bushings on my '69 BB coupe. Ordered and received supposedly stock front and rear rubber bushings and stock U brackets from two different suppliers. While the bar holes in the bushings are the right size for the bars on both sets, the bushings themselves are narrower and longer than the U brackets are deep are on both sets. I'm not sure if I got the right bushing sizes or if there is some trick to mounting these. Haven't tried it, but the stock bolts don't look long enough to even start the brackets in the frame with these bushings. I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks in advance.
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Replacing front and rear sway bar bushings on my '69 BB coupe. Ordered and received supposedly stock front and rear rubber bushings and stock U brackets from two different suppliers. While the bar holes in the bushings are the right size for the bars on both sets, the bushings themselves are narrower and longer than the U brackets are deep are on both sets. I'm not sure if I got the right bushing sizes or if there is some trick to mounting these. Haven't tried it, but the stock bolts don't look long enough to even start the brackets in the frame with these bushings. I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks in advance.
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From: Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York
I ordered mine from VBP (they came in a kit) and I did find the same thing, but the bushings are meant to squish a bit. Not they shouldnt be much taller, but about an 1/8" or so I think is fine.
