A torch will help you remove the old ones quickly, but only if you have removed the bar from the van! You'll need it to be off to install the new eyelet bushings anyway; they're pretty tight. I put them in the link eye first, clamped that in the vise, then smoothed off the end of the bar, lubed the hole, and started swearing! You obviously can't heat them to install because they'll degrade. Not technical, but laborious. Have fun, Jake On 4/6/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > I'm trying to get out the old bushings where the stabilizer bar attaches > to the stabilizer links. Any quit and dirty tricks? > > When I get my new ones tomorrow, what's the best way to put them in? > What's the correct order... on the link first, than on the bar, or the > other way around? > > Thanks, > Wes > '84 1.9l >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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