Date:         Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:09:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
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From:         Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject:      stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling)
Comments: To: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
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Thanks for the replies, Roger and  others.
I just was under the van again.  I think my noise is maybe coming from
the top of the stabilizer link hitting the coil on the passenger side
(the same side where the stabilizer bar sticks through this bushing by a
good 3/4 of an inch).  On the driver side, I can easily fit my finger
between the coil and the stabilizer link, but on the passenger side,
they're far too close together, so I have a feeling the stabilizer link
ends up hitting the coil on the passenger side, and that's what's
causing my nose.  How do I reposition the stabilizer link?  The lower
bushing is certainly pretty worn, but not more so than on the driver side.

-Wes
'84   1.9l

Roger Sisler wrote:
> I would hazard a guess that the radius rods are out of position.Is the bolt
> holding the lower control arm on,tight?Are the nuts and bushings where the
> radius rod goes through the frame tight? My westy had a bushing here
> disengagrate, and the radius rod wore a 1 inch hole, to 2 inches in the
> frame. Every time I stepped on the brake I got a thump from this rod
> knocking on the frame. I would suspect thatimproper motion in these
> components can dislodge the sway bar form proper position. Are the two
> inner sway bar bushings loose? Swap the left inner bushing with the right
> inner bushing to get new wear points on each bushing.Lastly, the hole in
> the outter bushing, where the sway bar goes through, is a tight fit.Try
> lubing the bushing/bar, and squeezeit back in place.Loosen up on the inner
> bushings first,to do this.Roger
>
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