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Posted by: kbrunk1 Sep 18 2012, 07:41 PM

OK - I am a slow learner with ADD and everything.

Do you put the white bushing on the ball and then press the outer ring of the metal piece on?
Is that the order? I also understand you put the white bushing in boiling water for ?? 10 minutes?

Or do you C Clamp the white piece into the metal drop bar and then press that contraption onto the ball?

Thanks for any help!

Posted by: jhora Sep 18 2012, 07:50 PM

you have it right..
"Or do you C Clamp the white piece into the metal drop bar and then press that contraption onto the ball?"

place on the metal drop bar first...one with the hole facing out then the other one just the opposite...can do this part in a vise or c clamp after warming in hot water....then place on the sway bar bal and shock ball with a c clamp

just take your time and you won't f..k any of the bushing up or your fingers

good luck!

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 18 2012, 08:00 PM

Get ready to swear.

Boil the bushings first, then walk them in and around with some assembly lube (vasoline). Might want to use gloves as the hotter they are the more pliable and easier to install they will be.

Some like to drill a hole in the end to ease placement over the ball. I've had luck just slathering them with the recommended moly-lube and whacking them onto the ball with a rubber mallet.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Sep 18 2012, 09:01 PM

Make sure to have a good supply of swear-words handy.

I used a vise, and had to poke and prod with a screwdriver because the bushing was still trying to deform and squeeze its way out of the hole in the drop-link. It took a lot of work...

--DD

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Sep 19 2012, 04:44 AM

A C clamp really helps too.

Posted by: ConeDodger Sep 19 2012, 04:59 AM

A famous 914 mechanic I know, drills a tiny hole through the back of the bushing and then uses a vise to squeeze it into place...

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 19 2012, 07:11 AM

The hole would aide in easing the fitting on the ball of the bar or the ball of the lower shock bolt. Hard to get a 914 on a vise.