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macawlover70 · Post by **macawlover70** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:35 am

Is this the sway bar? Stabilizer? What is it. i need new bushings for it but I don't know what it's called.

MNspiderman · Post by **MNspiderman** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:39 am

Yes, that is the sway bar.

sptcoupe · Post by **sptcoupe** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:16 am

There are four bushings. Another center one, and two others, one on either end.

Jimb · Post by **Jimb** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:37 am

Boy, it looks just like an oil filter.

Jim

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:20 pm

har har har... I was thinking the same thing Jim.

time for some INSTALLATION fluid !!

macawlover70 · Post by **macawlover70** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:48 am

Oh my gosh you guys are hilarious

But seriously folks, when I take a left turn semi fast like 25 mph my tire screeches like i'm going like a bat out of hell. It only does it on the left corners. That is the side that is missing the sway bar bushing. Would that cause that?

wachuko · Post by **wachuko** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:21 am

macawlover70 wrote:Oh my gosh you guys are hilarious But seriously folks, when I take a left turn semi fast like 25 mph my tire screeches like i'm going like a bat out of hell. It only does it on the left corners. That is the side that is missing the sway bar bushing. Would that cause that?

Get all new bushings.

As to the tire screeching... could also be old tires, tire pressure, alignment.... but change all bushings... not just the ones in the front sway bar.

engineerted · Post by **engineerted** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:05 am

Am I seeing things or is that a nut an bolt sicking out of the front of the oil pan? WTF?

Sorry, its the other control arm, bad angle on the photo.

Ted

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:24 am

Now that's a fun job. About as fun as replacing a starter. You may want to double check your whole front suspension, including ball joints and like Wachuko says, might as well check and change all the bushings.

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:31 am

might as well do all the bushings, ball joints and tie rod ends... betcha everything is the same age and you're gonna wanna front end alignment when you're done anyway. why do all this work in two or three steps?

wachuko · Post by **wachuko** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:35 am

And while all that is apart... why not clean, paint, or powder coat them as well

... then there is the oil pan, you can remove it, push the dents out, and paint it...

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:42 am

yeah... sure. i'll race you to a complete restoration!

Spider2000 · Post by **Spider2000** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:04 pm

Does anybody know where to get poly end bushings for the stock front anti-sway bar? I see the center bushings available from IAP. Thanks

htchevyii · Post by **htchevyii** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:00 am

The same IAP ones work, but you have to trim them to fit. The center ones are a pain to change, the brackets are peened or rivited togeather thru the bolt holes. I drilled the holes bigger to seperate them. They can be a bear to get squished back togeather, I've heard of a few methods: tack welded back togeather, putting sleeves in the now oversized holes, or the easy way that I did: buy new brackets , squeeze them togeather and peen them back togeather.
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