Thread: Rear Sway bar bushes.

If they don't fit they ain't the right ones... Are the new ones urethane ones? They can sometimes be massaged with an angle grinder. Have done that plenty of times before today. If the bar is bigger than the hole you could either drill through a clamped up bush with a suitable drill bit, or melt the bore out with a heated steel bar.

Mine were tight when I replaced them too, I just put a very small amount of silicone lube spray on the inside of the bush and squeezed them in with the help of a wrecking bar of all things, just make sure the cut in the bush that allows you to put it over the bar itself meet up nicely, I had to wiggle it back & forward alot to achieve this
Cheers
Mat

I can get them on the bar no dramas but this slpit doesn't meet.

We have checked the part number and they are the correct part number.

any other tips?

Cheers

Matt

Make sure the steel bracket that holds them in place is lined up properly, I spend about the same amount of time as you on mine but it took half an hour one side & the other was a PITA!!!
Maybe try loosening the other side to give you a bit more movement & like I said, flat end of a wrecking bar, I bent my large flat screwdriver!!!
Wasn't happy

I have both off at once, that might be where I am going wrong.

where did you lever?

Cheers

Matt

Can't bloody remember exactly, I used a block of timber though.

They will fit and you will not destroy the bush in the process.

You just need to get them close and tight as possible. The will be a small gap which could be up to 5mm. Immpossible to remove at this point, no matter how hard you try.

What will occur over the next couple of days is the swaybar will work the bush around until the slack is taken around i.e. no gap.

This worked for me and everything is sweet.