Removing front sway bar brackets and bushings., What's the secret? Options

[nynone4]

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!

[maf914]

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Dec 28 2004, 07:32 PM)

Yup... those hard ones need to be split.

Do the aftermarket delrin or poly swaybar bushings squeek,creak or groan after installed? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)

On my Nissan pickup I installed a set of fat ADDCO swaybars with red poly-urethane bushings. They work great and really reduce body roll. After a while they started creaking when the suspension compressed over bumps. Really annoying. I tried something I had read in the Road & Track Q & A column. I removed the bushings, which were split type blocks and wrapped the sway bars at the bearing points with teflon thread tape. Just a few overlapping wraps. Put it back together and no noise. This was years ago. Just a suggestion if the bars make noise. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)