[s-cars] Front Sway Bar Bushing question

[Larry]

I do hope you did your final tightening of both the brackets and end links with weight on the wheels. Otherwise if there is any binding or "stiction", there could be awful gronking or squeaking. Won't hurt anything except your ears and passenger peace of mind, but if you didn't do so, you may wish to very soon...

LL-NY

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On Oct 9, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> LL,
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> Replaced the front sway bar bushings today. Took about 2hrs includiNg trip to local store to get a new wrench.
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> It can’t be done completely with wheels on the floor as the bushings are jammed in against the sway bar. So lifted one side of car, undid bolts (previously treated with PB Blaster). Removed nuts, brackets and old bushing. On re-install had to lift the sway bar with a second jack to get the bracket back on. Quite a straightforward job really. And it need doing as one bushing was in desperate need of replacement.
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> Cheers,
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> Tony
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> 96 S6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com] 
> Sent: October-03-11 5:27 PM
> To: Tony Curran
> Cc: S-CAR list
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Front Sway Bar Bushing question
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> If the bushings have a split in them (many do) and they're rubber, you may not even have to disconnect the bar from the ends. You may want to use teflon tape around the bar at the bushing instead of (oR as a supplement to grease) as I have found that even marine grease doesn't work real well from keeping at least polyurethane bushings from squeaking like an old wagon and it's annoying and embarrasing.
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> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> Whilst installing the new oil cooler I noted that the bushings on the front
> sway bar (stabilizer) are pretty much toast. Is it as simple as
> disconnecting the sway bar at the control are to replace the two bushings?
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> Parts are quite cheap, $31 for bushing and $14 for the bracket, so I plan o
> replace these.
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> Any BTDTs.
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> Cheers,
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> Tony
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> 98 S6
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