Today I replaced the front swaybar bushings - all poly. The end-links proved the biggest challenge. Getting the metal sleeves of the old bushings off the swaybar ends was a challenge. No good way to press them off, and they were stock after, probably, 20 years. The good old trick of hitting the sway bar with a hammer and let it vibrate on top of twisting the metal sleeve with a vise-grip eventually did the trick.
Some pics.
1. The sway off the car with old bushings - it pulled off the car pretty easily. I have seen cases where the bushing splits and leaves the metal sleeve on the lower A-arm.
2. Fighting those darn metal sleeves of the old bushings. The rubber part twisted right off...
3. Ahh
, got all the old bushings off - the bushings pressed right out of the end-links.
4. The front sway back on with new poly end-link bushings and mounts.
Jes
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87 Milano Verde - daily driver -
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87 Milano 3.0 Motronic - budget race car -
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87 Milano 3.7 24v - race car
(Repeating what I suggest or do is at your own risk - be critical)