Hey folks;

Help me out; I'm trying to change the sway bar bushings on my 96 coupe. I tried using the search button, but there was no install threads.

Thanks,
Joe B.

 

need more details.

Front?
Rear?
sway bar end bushings or frame bushings?

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If these are for the rear's end / knuckle, be ready for a roller coaster ride. They fit just a major with a PhD on PITA.

You'll have to think outside the box.


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Front, sorry.

 

The front is easy, whats the problem??

 

Taking them out was easy peasy.

Little difficult to put the new ones in, but not that hard

 

Thanks for the help guys.

 

Are you just doing the mounts or the links too? There are 2 sway bar mounting brackets held in place with 2 bolts each. Unbolt the mounts and pull the bracket off. It's pretty easy.

 

No, I'm changing the bushings on the sway bar on both sides near the wheels, not the bushings which bolt to the frame; although, I should do them too. Reason I'm askiing is that after taking the c clamp that holds down the sway bar, and the nut to the bushings, I wasn't able to dislodge the actual bushings. There's a center piece where the serew runs through with what looks like a busing on either side. Anyway, I was asking if there is a trick or a special tool to take the bushings out.

I'm not handy, but I've owned many cars, and I like to putts around with them. That's why I opened up the thread, to ask for help. For those of you who want to help me, and other's who utilize this thread for the same purpose, or to answer the questions, Thanks.

Joe B.

 

OK, gotcha. You'll probably have to loosen up the sway bar mounts anyway to get the end link bushings to line up correctly. Once you have the end links out, you can use a socket and a vise to press out the old bushings. But, make certain you don't use too large a socket or you'll break the mount for the lower bushing. After that, you can scrape out what's left of the rubber or burn it out with a low temp torch (don't heat it up too much).

Also, don't remove the sleeve that's in the end of your sway bar. Do you have a shop manual?

--also, you do need to remove those bolts going through the end link assembly, you may have to do a little bit of jacking up and down under the control arm. And the bolts are supposed to go in a certain direction, i.e. the bolt head is on the outside or a nut is towards the front or rear of the car.

 

Thanks, I'll give it a try; I'll PM you if I have a question, if it's OK with you?

Thanks,
Joe B.

 

Not a problem Joe. Or send me an e-mail through my profile, I think my box is full. I have some pictures of the process if you get stuck.

 

Great!

 

Now that we have a better deffinition of the problem.

IIRC I used a C-Clamp and 2 sockets to get the inner sleeve movining, then pulled it out with pliers. Once its out a pair of needle nose can pull the worn bushing out.

 

I also have a 96 Coupe and the bushing for the driver's side sway bar end link where it attaches to the lower control arm has deteriorated. I see there are kits for 24mm, 26mm and 30m sway bars. How can I find out what size kit I need to order? The build sheet for the car says it has an FE1 suspension.
Thanks for any assistance.
Larry

 

you need a metric caliper to measure it. or a metric tape measure or a metric micrometer. Personally, I am lost when it comes to the metric system. good for me the bolts have the size on the head.
I always guess wrong, but measure correctly.

letsee, 5/8ths or 8/5ths

 

25.4 is your conversion factor.

Multiply or Division math to get from metric to ASE standard & Visa Versa.

 

LNO, just use a wrench if you have one that big and find the closest size that fits over your sway bar. Or get an adjustable crescent wrench, adjust it till it's snug on the swaybar, then measure the opening of the wrench with a ruler.