How to install control arm bushings and sway bar bushings
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How to install control arm bushings and sway bar bushings
I am pretty much a noob when it comes to working on suspensions. How hard is it to remove the control arms? Are the bolts really tight? How are the front sway bar bushings held in? I know on the control arm the old bushings need to be melted off.
Local shop wants $400 and I don't know who else can install it for me in my area.
Local shop wants $400 and I don't know who else can install it for me in my area.
#2
I havent done the control arm bushings, but I have heard if they are really shot they will come out pretty easy. Replacing with the energy suspension set is supposed to be a snap. As for the sway bar, those bushings are easy to replace. Just 2 bolts and a nut to remove.
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2 bolts and a nut per side.
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2 bolts and a nut per side.
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Originally Posted by kevlo911
I am pretty much a noob when it comes to working on suspensions. How hard is it to remove the control arms? Are the bolts really tight? How are the front sway bar bushings held in? I know on the control arm the old bushings need to be melted off.
Local shop wants $400 and I don't know who else can install it for me in my area.
Local shop wants $400 and I don't know who else can install it for me in my area.
The sway bar bushings are easy, but you need to get a Chiltons/Haynes/Nissan FSM because you need to know some specfics on how new bushings go on, how to align them (important), and how to torque the bolts. Also, when doing this you need jack the whole front end of the car so that both front tires are off the ground. If you don't do it this way, sway bar will be "loaded" and you'll never get it out of the way to get the old bushings out and the new ones in. You'll need to unbolt the endlinks and then the swaybar attachments on both sides before you can do anything.
#4
http://www.4dsc.com/articles/suspens..._bushing.shtml
nearly identical on 4th gens.
plan a full day to do it. have fun.
nearly identical on 4th gens.
plan a full day to do it. have fun.
#7
This may help:
http://doug.maxima.org/showpost.php?...10&postcount=3
http://doug.maxima.org/showpost.php?...10&postcount=3
#8
After installing control arm bushings on my friends Del Sol, the car was a creaky and squeaky nightmare. Everything was luded good too. Of course this was in the dead of winter. Once the temps got above 70 or so, the car was pretty quiet.
#14
How hard of a job is it to install new control arms? I don't mind spending the $$ if it will save me hours of aggravation under the car trying to install new bushings and ball joints in the old arms. I've replaced everything else up front and it's still got wander over uneven pavement. I'm at 113K, so I figure the bushings and ball joints are shot. `
#15
Originally Posted by Matt93SE
it won't mess up on the ball joint, but be careful not to damage the boot on the balljoint.
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