Rear bushing, poly?
05-23-2019, 12:16 PM
#23
Burning Brakes
I was looking into poly bushings for the rear sway bar on my car. I was curious your experience installing them. The urethane bushings are flanged at both ends, meaning you can't get them thru the opening on the swaybar or link. If you bolt them in per the instructions above (right side) you have a metal-on-metal contact from the bar to the link and from the link the seat.
If you use the stock bushings (left side) you have rubber contacts at both side.
Am I reading the installation instructions wrong?
Looking at the picture you provided it would seem that the bushings must either be split and meant to be applied one from each side (this is what I would expect), lined up with the steel inner sleeve, and held in place by the OEM endlink when installed. If the bushings are in fact one piece then it must be intended that the bushing is somehow pushed through the opening of the sway bar. I have seen these types of bushings as well and basically you grease up one end, set it on an angle into the hole at the sway bar and 'screw' it into position with a twisting motion. The material compresses enough that it will thread through the opening and pop into place once it reaches the center section of the bushing.
One thing I can tell you for absolute certain is that there should be no metal to metal contact there.
Last edited by PainfullySlow; 05-23-2019 at 12:17 PM.
05-23-2019, 02:23 PM
#24
I was looking into poly bushings for the rear sway bar on my car. I was curious your experience installing them. The urethane bushings are flanged at both ends, meaning you can't get them thru the opening on the swaybar or link. If you bolt them in per the instructions above (right side) you have a metal-on-metal contact from the bar to the link and from the link the seat.
If you use the stock bushings (left side) you have rubber contacts at both side.
Am I reading the installation instructions wrong?
05-23-2019, 02:37 PM
#25
Melting Slicks
Poly bushings are known to bind when used on trailing arms and strut rods due to the fact they pivot laterally as well as axially.
05-23-2019, 02:38 PM
#26
Instructor
05-23-2019, 04:47 PM
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Which is why my Van Steel offset TA's have johnny joints on the front.
And my strut rods were replaced with adjustables with heim joint ends.
05-23-2019, 07:46 PM
#28
Instructor
05-23-2019, 07:48 PM
#29
Instructor
Much ado about nothing.
Thanks!