fitting new swaybars

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:25 pm

i have a big list of jobs i need to finish before natmeet and this is one of them.

got some adj. bars and appropriate bushes. are there any tricks or anything i should look out for to make the job quicker / easier? any tips?

is getting the bushes on easy enough? or do i need a special tool.

thanks for any tips.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:28 pm

Grease them aparently they can squeek.

I want to see / help...

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:30 pm

wun911 wrote:I want to see / help...

lol, how did i know you might say that :mrgreen:

come over tomorrow morning if ya want.

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:33 pm

anti-sway bar bushes have a cut along the length of them so you just slip them on, so to speak. No tools required whatsoever.
Were you thinking that you need to thread the whole bar through the hole?

If the bush does not have a cut longitudinally, it simply means they are brand-new and never been installed, thus you have to make the cut yourself.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:35 pm

I can bring the stands and tools and grease I have both rubber and lithium.

I think you have to tighten the bolts when the car is on the ground.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:39 pm

Get it up high on good stands to do the front one. Back one is dead easy.

You can bring it round to my place if you like.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:08 pm

manga_blue wrote:Get it up high on good stands to do the front one. Back one is dead easy.

You can bring it round to my place if you like.

you busy tomorrow phil?

Slugoid · Postby **Slugoid** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:41 pm

Rear swaybars is super easy to do. Front sways require a bit of moving about to get around it. Either jack up the car both sides or better still, do them on a ramp. Tip for the front sway: remove the undertray.

The poly D bushes just slip on easily. Put lots of grease on them or else they squeak. End link bushes on the other hand... :shock:

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:50 pm

Fatty wrote:
manga_blue wrote:Get it up high on good stands to do the front one. Back one is dead easy.

You can bring it round to my place if you like.

you busy tomorrow phil?

No, just tinkering before Winton. Just call and check first that I'm home.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:06 pm

thanks guys.

yeah i've actually pulled the rear bar off and put it back on before, so i know it;s easy.

phil i'll call you in the morning and pop around. is about 10 too early? i think wun may want to come too, is that ok?

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:18 pm

thanks phil, thanks wun

that was pretty easy . now i just need to get the wheel alignment done and then i'm all set for winton .

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:02 pm

NP James.

BTW I threw your old thermostat into a saucepan of boiling water. It didn't budge. I reckon that, stuck where it was, it was blocking about 80% of your coolant flow. The effects of that would be that the car would have just enough flow to not boil with normal street driving, but after 2 or 3 laps of a track ... up she goes.

Does that sound painfully familiar?

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:35 pm

manga_blue wrote: The effects of that would be that the car would have just enough flow to not boil with normal street driving, but after 2 or 3 laps of a track ... up she goes.

Does that sound painfully familiar?

hmmm now that does sound awfully familiar, yes :roll:

here's hoping that particular problem is well and truly solved .