Sway-bar bushings. Was: Low-speed suspension noises?
On 09/08/14 08:24 pm, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>> Unlike the driver's side, the passenger's side end of the sway bar
>> does not want to move, and the old bushing is pinched tight against
>> the frame. Jack up that corner and take the load off the suspension
>> that side?
>
> You should have put the front up on jack stands before you started.
I have jack stands, but they are the wrong shape to fit the jacking
points on the car. And where would I place the jack so the jack stands
can support the car in the right place?
Why did one end of the sway bar move freely and the other not?
Anyway, I got the old bushing out and installed the new one, but the
bolt that brought other metal out with it -- after cleaning up the
threads of both the bolt and the part into which it screws -- does not
grip. I'm thinking of trying to find a longer bolt with the same thread
and putting a nylock nut on the bottom.
Perce
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