Bushings!:)

[Mux213]

OKay then there is the rear stabilizer bar. Removal is easy atleast for the bar itself. Loosen the two bolts on the end link and then loosen the bolts that mount the bar to the axle. Comes right off.

What I couldn't figure out is how to remove the end links from the body, there isn't a real screw ontop that I could loosen. So I've left that alone for another day, suggestions are welcome

Once the bar is removed from the car you need to remove the bushings inside of the ends of the bar. If these are a bit old its easy to get them out as they've gotten very week. If newer use a small drill to drill away the rubber and weaken the bushing.

Insert a bolt and just start hammering away:

It should come out pretty easily.

Its best to sand the inside if its rusty like mine or you will have a hard time inserting the new bushings. The new bushings aren't two halves like with the trailing arms but a single pieces. Grease them up WELL and grease the inside of the stabilizer bar.



Then you can use a vice to push the bushing into the bar. THey are pretty flexible so if you've greased it up well enough, they go right in. One worked like a charm for me, the other went a little less easy.



Last but not least put in the metal insert:



The bushing that hold the bar to the axle require a little bit of cutting. If you look at the bushings you will see a small line at one end. Cut there and in doing so cut open one side of the bushing. Dont worry, this won't weaken it. Don't cut both sides though!



Now grease it well and push it onto the bar where the old bushing was. Don't worry about the position, we'll adjust the bar later on.
Mounting the bar on the car again requires the held of a mate to hold the bar up. Put the bracket over the bushing and slid it in the axle, then put the bolt at the other side.



Now push the ends of the bar into the end links and put the bolt back in



And that is that......

I still have two trailing arms to go on the rear axle and then I need to look at the front suspention. I expect that last one to be alot of work as I'll be taking appart a number of things.. Stay tuned for those instructions