Hi all,
Assuming the weather isn’t utterly awful tomorrow (and I get back in time), I plan to change the anti-roll bar bushes.
The rear looks relatively straight forward - if the bolts aren’t seized - but is there anything obvious I’m missing, and is there anything I need to know about changing the front ones?
All input and advice gratefully received, as always.
Cheers,
cj
Jack it up, and axle stand her on both sides at the front, and chock the rear wheels, Drop the undertray off, loosen the sway bar to drop lnk bolts(14mm), then remove the bolts and brackets for the sway bar, and then you should just be able to swing it down to replace the bushes,and just refit everything back up in reverse with a bit of copper slip but not on the rubbers…dead easy,nothing to worry about
EDIT:- weather is good for tomorrow CJ.
Cheers Wayne! And sorry for the slow response…
I didn’t actually get to it on Saturday, then I was away with work. Hopefully this weekend - though the more I think about it the more terrified I am that the bolts on the rear at least are just going to snap… Which would be a pain in the backside. So to speak.
Spray the hell out of them now with plus gas for the next couple of days
I’ve actually got this stuff called ‘Shock and Unlock’ from Halfords - which is pretty amazing stuff so far. Still scared the bolts’ll be rotten, but I’ll be giving it a good shot, anyway…
Cheers again!
Also, been meaning to say for a while that I love your ‘disclaimer’ - very amusing! I’ve been contemplating stealing it…
I find anti-seize (copper grease et al) is much better for removing nuts. With PlusGas, or alike, I find that you can get a lot of galling to the point where you can lock the nut on the thread which in turn breaks the bolt/stud. I think PlusGas is a good release agent, but not very good at lubrication. Smear some copper grease on the thread behind the nut before you start to undo.
Replacing the bushes is a fairly simple job, although you’ll need to remove the undertray for the fronts. For the rears, you may find having a small amount of weight on the rear wheels to remove any preload from the bar helps in releasing the brackets. From there, it’s just a case of removing and replacing the bush each side.
Phil
Cheers Phil - I’ll squirt some copper grease on the back of the nuts first, then, assuming there’s access from the side? And thanks for the tip about the pre-load.
(As you’ve probably gathered, I still haven’t had the chance to play with the bumpstops. Frustrating - apologies…)
Steal away
Will you be replacing the bushes with poly bushes or standard rubber ones? All of mine need doing, the rear ones look pretty bad so I’ve put it on my to-do list…
Poly, as it happens. I’ll let you know how it works out…