Replacing Rear Sway Bar
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Replacing Rear Sway Bar
Is this a simple process? unbolt old one, rebolt new one?
Is there any hub travel involved at all, i.e. does the rear need to in the air?
A friend warned me that it may be hell "breaking the bolts" on a swaybar? Has anyone had that experience?
Thanks.
Is there any hub travel involved at all, i.e. does the rear need to in the air?
A friend warned me that it may be hell "breaking the bolts" on a swaybar? Has anyone had that experience?
Thanks.
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Yes, very simple. On an stock height car, you can do it even without jacking up the car. All you need is a 12mm socket/ratchet with an extension and 2 14mm wrenches. You first take the loopidy loop things with a 12mm socket, then take the bar of the end links with a 14mm wrenches. Then wiggle it around and pull it out. When you install a new one, make sure not to cross thread the 12mm loopidy loop bolts. If you need to, you can remove a single 12mm nut and move the charcole canister out of the way. Whole job should take you about 30min or so.
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my friend and I put a new sway bar on his wagon, first we tried jacking it up... the wheels hang down putting pressure on the sway bar making it immobile...
Just the sway bar. The bushing had resistance and the bar didn't slide into the place well.
If I had somebody helping me push the bar in while I was threading, it could have been much easier.
You won't need to jack up and you won't need power tool, either.
You'll need 2 wrench (or socket) though.
If I had somebody helping me push the bar in while I was threading, it could have been much easier.
You won't need to jack up and you won't need power tool, either.
You'll need 2 wrench (or socket) though.
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gogogo- yah, that's probably the same problem i encountered...especially the passenger side. it was a biatch.
i used the factory jack to push the bar up as I tried countless
times to try to get the bolt aligned to the hole. took me a
very very very very very very long time.
i used the factory jack to push the bar up as I tried countless
times to try to get the bolt aligned to the hole. took me a
very very very very very very long time.


