 Removing front sway bar brackets and bushings., What's the secret? |
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| nynone4 |
 Dec 28 2004, 02:18 PM
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Hammer to fit. Paint to match.  Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 20-May 03 From: East Peoria, Illinois Member No.: 713 Region Association: None  |
I'm replacing the stock front sway bar on the six, and was wondering:
Is there a trick to removing the outer triangular plate and corresponding rubber bushing to get the original bar out of the car? It seems like the rubber bushing will not slide over the square end pieces of the bar without the proper combination of swear words. Anyone know the combination? The car is freshly painted, so I've been a little hesitant to get too "enthusiastic" with removing it yet. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) Thanks in advance for any help! |
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| datapace |
Dec 28 2004, 04:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 133 Joined: 19-January 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 1,579 Region Association: South East States 
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Did this this weekend to install a tarett bar.
I tried for about 15 minutes before I gave up and used a MAPP torch. Same deal as with the a-arm bushings, look for whispy smoke then turn and twist off. It took about 10 seconds to remove. Obviously, you only need to do one side nthen slide the bar out the other side with the drop link attached. Doing this kills the bushing, which probably needed replacing anyway. -bryan |
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nynone4 Removing front sway bar brackets and bushings. Dec 28 2004, 02:18 PM
Jeff Bowlsby Slice it to get it over the bar. Dec 28 2004, 02:52 PM davep I'm with Jeff on this. The covers are bolted o... Dec 28 2004, 03:21 PM nynone4 So you're saying the triangular metal plate (t... Dec 28 2004, 04:11 PM Eric_Shea http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h... Dec 28 2004, 06:10 PM Mueller it seems like one should be able to "drive" the ba... Dec 28 2004, 06:24 PM RustyWa I'm going to quickly hi-jack this thread, but ... Dec 28 2004, 06:43 PM jim912928 Yes...you split them. I just added a front sway b... Dec 28 2004, 06:46 PM nynone4 Thanks for all the help guys! Dec 28 2004, 09:09 PM Eric_Shea Yup... those hard ones need to be split. Dec 28 2004, 09:32 PM maf914 ... Dec 30 2004, 09:01 AM
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