teardown has begun!
So one thing i was not planning on changing at this time was the sway bar bushings, but I took the wheel off and looked at the suspension and went...oh, great. Anyone see a problem with this?
Yes thats right, the factory rubber one is cut at the bottom, what do you think happens when pressure is put on that on a older bushing? Lol the damn sway bar was laying on the cradle. Here it is with the new stuff. The moog blues i believe are poly.
Yes thats right, the factory rubber one is cut at the bottom, what do you think happens when pressure is put on that on a older bushing? Lol the damn sway bar was laying on the cradle. Here it is with the new stuff. The moog blues i believe are poly.
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nice as usual work from ya man yea i did same thing,moog problem solvers a arms and moog blue polys,kept same swingers in front went dorman fatter in rear with bmr rear everything in rear u WILL feel difference,was never one for susp mods till i got on this site,i was all motor and brakes so glad i found this site i listen to what the guys and gals are saying then take what i want to do and do those and am really impressed with the car its got 224 k on it now and still love getting in and driving it still smoke mustangs bmw 3 and that infinity g35 that i keep beating now he has exhaust but still lost so don't know what he will have next he is a good sport though always shaking his head at me when i let him catch up lol of coarse i now have 6 points on license so to the track now,cops word not mine
All the bushings are like that from the factory. There split at the bottom to install once the clamp goes on sway bar goes no where it doesn't push through the slit. I hope you greased the sway bar bushing prior to install
Last edited by 91parkave; Jul 25, 2015 at 03:27 PM.
bullshit, my sway bar was laying on the frame on both sides right through the slit, i have never seen a car with a top mounted sway bar that had slits on the bottom of the seat. They are usually cut like that for bushings that bolt up to the bottom of the cradle. Moog wouldnt have redesigned it to have slits in the front if it wasnt the source of premature failure. It's an asinine design.
So one thing i was not planning on changing at this time was the sway bar bushings, but I took the wheel off and looked at the suspension and went...oh, great. Anyone see a problem with this?
Yes thats right, the factory rubber one is cut at the bottom, what do you think happens when pressure is put on that on a older bushing? Lol the damn sway bar was laying on the cradle. Here it is with the new stuff. The moog blues i believe are poly.
Yes thats right, the factory rubber one is cut at the bottom, what do you think happens when pressure is put on that on a older bushing? Lol the damn sway bar was laying on the cradle. Here it is with the new stuff. The moog blues i believe are poly.
as far as i can tell, only the hole is bigger on the larger sway bar bushings, assuming its coming directly off another wbody, should be fine. lol I should have taken some before pics, the control arm on the passenger side actually wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, the front cab had stress cracks from age and was very soft but other then that, ball joint was still good. Drivers side on the other hand the ball joint boot was shot and the cab was starting to rip loose. Actually wrapping it up right now, can't wait to see how much tighter its gonna feel.
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Verdad Gallardo I realize that all the bushings have slits in them, but where the slit is positioned on the bushing is directly proportional to the style of sway bar and the way the sway bar torques on the car. Even the OEM replacement bushings have slits on the side instead of the bottom now. I'm sure when the bushing is new its damn near impossible to get it to move through that slit, but when a bushing has over 100k on it, and the rubber is as soft a pencil eraser, the weight exerted on that bar is going to push it right through that lower slit.
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I agree.... I replaced mine just because i did the Problem Solver Control arms and links, but my oem ones where still pretty solid for 75k. I dont see anyway possible it could slide through that slit unless it has completely disentigrated into nothing and at that point, that stupid slit wont matter anyways.
