| Author |
Message |
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2001 - 1:08 pm: | |
Peter -- the Prothane brand anti-roll bar bushings (from J.C.Whitney) are a (red) polyurethane material -- the steel brackets are a golden (alodine?) finish -- if they haven�t changed lately. See:
http://www.yourlog.com/discus/messages/112/1048.html?989610580
for the details and a link to a photo. |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2001 - 7:50 am: | |
The bushings are prothane. |
Peter Boray (Gts308qv)
| | Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2001 - 5:24 am: | |
Dough, the bushings you bought from JC WH; are they rubber or polyeurathane? |
Jerry H (Jerry)
| | Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2001 - 7:49 pm: | |
Doug this might help - more than you need but too much is better than...(Tip# 7)
http://www.r-design.net/308/index_e.html |
Warren E. Smith (Magoo)
| | Posted on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 3:33 pm: | |
Italian Car Parts is always higher. COMPARE |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 3:21 pm: | |
Italiancarparts.com has $99 on their website. I know others would be cheaper, but I'm sure not $9.95. Quite honestly, I didn't even bother to check. |
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
| | Posted on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 2:18 pm: | |
Doug -- what was/is the (recent) OEM part price for comparison? |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Friday, May 25, 2001 - 1:30 pm: | |
Changed my '84 308 sway bar bushings yesterday. Used JC WHitney as Steve had mentioned in an earlier thread. Pt# 859777 (1 pair) for a grand total of $9.95 plus $6.65 shipping. Pretty easy fix. Replaced them without even jacking the car. |
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 2:10 pm: | |
If you've got the OEM parts, it just a direct bolt-in exchange. If you've got the aftermarket parts (with mounting slots instead of holes) you just need to make sure that the bar is centered between the mounting studs when you tighten the mounting nuts. |
Low Kai Chin (Speeddemon)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 1:26 pm: | |
Changing the bushings should take no longer than an hour. U should jack the car up to make the job easier, in fact I'm not sure if U can skip this. I do not think changing the bushings will affect the alignment! |
Awang (Wang)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 9:05 am: | |
I'd like to know the procedures too. Anybody like to share? As for the alignment, I think it is worth to get it done again after the changes |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2001 - 6:48 pm: | |
Is replacement of the rear sway bar bushings as easy as it appears? Any specific process to doing it? Does changing the bushings affect the alignment?
thanks |