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Old 09-10-2015, 09:50 PM
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i for the life of me cannot install my powerflex bushings on my front sway bar. Suggestions?
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i got the bushings slightly onto the bar but at this point they just wont budge. I still need to move them most of the way onto the sway bar but they just wont budge now
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Did you put a ton of lube on them?
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We don't carry that brand but is this the main sway bar bushing that goes toward the center of the bar? I'd think they would be a split bushing.
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i used alot of lube yea. And yea its the main bushing set. Not the one that attaches to the control arm. Can i cut the bushings to make them split? would the lower their integrity/make them fail inspection?
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Are you sure you arent trying to use an end bushing as the center bushing?
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its definetly not an end bushing. The end bushings look like Ds
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What year is the car?
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If lube won't do it, leave them out in the sun for a while so they expand just a little and try again when they are hot. If that doesn't work you may have to split them.
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