Installing rear drop link bushings Options

[cal44]

Next question.........I need to install the drop link cup bushings for the rear sway bar. I haven't a clue as to the correct way to accomplish the task. The sway bar is currently in the car, I just got the cup bushings yesterday. They look to be a nylon material.

Would ya'all be so kind as give me some direction. I'm sure it must be simple but keep in mind..........I ain't that smart.

Best,
mike

[Dave_Darling]

I used a vise to press the bushings into the drop-link. They didn't want to go; they kept poking out the side of the drop-link hole. I used a screwdriver to push them back in and kept cranking the vise. They finally gave up and went where I told them to.

I used a couple of different clamps to get the drop-links on the bar and trailing arm. A big lever-type clamp for the trailing arm one, and a smaller C clamp on the bar one. The last one you do will be extra challenging, unless you finagle the trailing arms so that the drop-link socket and the ball on the end of the sway bar line up correctly.... A couple of floor jacks can help with that. One under each trailing arm.

--DD