HELP NEEDED: 4kq sway bar end link bushing washers

[Jpinkowish at aol.com]

Hi folks,
So I'm looking at the Bentley diagram for the front control arms/sway bar end
link bushings(Chapter 40), and it appears to show that the cupped washers for
the end links face outward, away from the bushings on the end link and in the
control arm.

To me, this configuration would squish the rubber bushings down and outward,
eventually destroy them.  Actually, the bushing on one of the end links(on
the end of the sway bar already appears this is happening.

Shouldn't these washers be installed with the cups facing inward to surround
the outer diameter of the bushings and compress the bushings in toward the
end link?

Please help me if I'm missing something.  I've got the car up on stands for
something else, and I'd like to correct this now rather than go back in again.

Thanks.

Jan Pinkowish
'85 4ksq
Bristol, CT