front swaybar help needed
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front swaybar help needed
Hi,
I've got my front swaybar off my '91 coupe trying to put on some polyurethane bushings. No problem with the large bushings where the bar attaches to the frame. But how do you get the old bushings out of the "eye" on each end of the swaybar, and out of the lower "A-Arm?"
This is my first attempt to put poly bushings on a vehicle and this has me stumped. An and all advice would be appreciated.
TIA.
Glen
I've got my front swaybar off my '91 coupe trying to put on some polyurethane bushings. No problem with the large bushings where the bar attaches to the frame. But how do you get the old bushings out of the "eye" on each end of the swaybar, and out of the lower "A-Arm?"
This is my first attempt to put poly bushings on a vehicle and this has me stumped. An and all advice would be appreciated.
TIA.
Glen
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OK - I'm getting that this is a difficult task. Now I'm wondering if it is worth the trouble. If I put the main bushings on, the ones that mount to the frame, as tight and difficult as the originals are to get off I wonder how much my handling would improve with poly end link bushings? I mean, would the handling really be that much better if I left the original end link bushings on but replaced the main support bushings?
I'm wide open to opinions here. The sway bar is off. Once I put it back on it is going to stay on. And since this is not being set up for auto-cross, but just a sweet handling tourer, why beat myself up over just the tiniest gain in suspension response? What do you think?
I'm wide open to opinions here. The sway bar is off. Once I put it back on it is going to stay on. And since this is not being set up for auto-cross, but just a sweet handling tourer, why beat myself up over just the tiniest gain in suspension response? What do you think?
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I would think that getting a larger stabilizer bar would offer the type of handling you want more than poly bushings and the original bar?
I bought a 30mm front bar (largest GM bar ) and Superior Chevy installed the end link bushings for free. There is a special tool made to do this.
Also the factory bushings for the 30mm bar are more like poly than the regular bushing rubber of the smaller bar. Superior Chevy charged $121 for the bar and it was well worth it and it works great with the Z51 Bilsteins.
I bought a 30mm front bar (largest GM bar ) and Superior Chevy installed the end link bushings for free. There is a special tool made to do this.
Also the factory bushings for the 30mm bar are more like poly than the regular bushing rubber of the smaller bar. Superior Chevy charged $121 for the bar and it was well worth it and it works great with the Z51 Bilsteins.
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Got a vice? Put a large backing socket on one side of the bar and a smaller socket to push the bushing out towards the backing socket. It helps to have a third hand to run the vice. Ten seconds and the buhing is out. Another ten to press the new bushin in. No muss, no fuss, no cutting your fingers off.
