Sway Bar Bushings
08-12-2007 | 01:41 PM
#1
Sway Bar Bushings
Now i could have sworn our cars use 23mm bushings. But when i went to Purchase them from http://www.energysuspensionparts.com
they had two parts listed:
1) the 23mm sway bar ES bushings (7.5125)
2) the 22mm sway bar ES bushings (7.5124)
My question is. Which part is the one that fits on a 2k1 5th gen? 1mm could mean the difference between too much play. I couldnt even find out what size the OEM bushings are.
Thanks for an assist
they had two parts listed:
1) the 23mm sway bar ES bushings (7.5125)
2) the 22mm sway bar ES bushings (7.5124)
My question is. Which part is the one that fits on a 2k1 5th gen? 1mm could mean the difference between too much play. I couldnt even find out what size the OEM bushings are.
Thanks for an assist
08-12-2007 | 04:09 PM
#4
Originally Posted by Maxim(a)SerjVQ
SE models have a 23mm bar and need the larger bushings, other 5th gens use 22mm afaik
08-12-2007 | 05:13 PM
#7
Originally Posted by Stardust
Wrong! All 2000 & 2001's have 22mm bars, 2002 & 2003 SE's have 23mm bars
My 2000 SE has a 23mm bar.....stock. Measured them with vernier calipers before I bought the bushings, just to be sure.
Looks like you got stuck with a re-badged GLE
as you can see.....it fits correctly
08-12-2007 | 06:42 PM
#8
Originally Posted by irish44j
Wrong!
My 2000 SE has a 23mm bar.....stock. Measured them with vernier calipers before I bought the bushings, just to be sure.
Looks like you got stuck with a re-badged GLE
as you can see.....it fits correctly
[img]http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/442000-442999/442543_408_full.jpg[img]
My 2000 SE has a 23mm bar.....stock. Measured them with vernier calipers before I bought the bushings, just to be sure.
Looks like you got stuck with a re-badged GLE
as you can see.....it fits correctly
[img]http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/442000-442999/442543_408_full.jpg[img]
My 23mm bushings looked like they fit properly but the 22's fit better.
edit: when you replaced yours did you read what the stock bushing said? Mine clearly said 22
08-12-2007 | 06:52 PM
#9
I don't recall them saying anything on them, and I usually look at old parts pretty close to see the wear patterns on them (my old bushings were beat to hell)
but that's the reason I measured them with my engineering calipers, because there was alot of so-called "authoritative" information out there that was conflicting at the time. We measured mine at (IIRC) 23.2mm and also measured someone else's (soonerfan's, I think) GXE which was 21.9 or 22mm....
clearly, though, it doesn't really matter much I guess....
but that's the reason I measured them with my engineering calipers, because there was alot of so-called "authoritative" information out there that was conflicting at the time. We measured mine at (IIRC) 23.2mm and also measured someone else's (soonerfan's, I think) GXE which was 21.9 or 22mm....
clearly, though, it doesn't really matter much I guess....
08-12-2007 | 07:52 PM
#11
so i guess i need the 22mm for my 2001 GLE. Im not upgrading the front sway bar btw
I ordered the 22mm ones from Energy Suspension....my brackets dont look to be in to bad condition. So im going to re-use them
I ordered the 22mm ones from Energy Suspension....my brackets dont look to be in to bad condition. So im going to re-use them
08-12-2007 | 08:26 PM
#13
Originally Posted by irish44j
I don't recall them saying anything on them, and I usually look at old parts pretty close to see the wear patterns on them (my old bushings were beat to hell)
[img]http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/442000-442999/442543_407_full.jpg[img]
but that's the reason I measured them with my engineering calipers, because there was alot of so-called "authoritative" information out there that was conflicting at the time. We measured mine at (IIRC) 23.2mm and also measured someone else's (soonerfan's, I think) GXE which was 21.9 or 22mm....
clearly, though, it doesn't really matter much I guess....
[img]http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/442000-442999/442543_407_full.jpg[img]
but that's the reason I measured them with my engineering calipers, because there was alot of so-called "authoritative" information out there that was conflicting at the time. We measured mine at (IIRC) 23.2mm and also measured someone else's (soonerfan's, I think) GXE which was 21.9 or 22mm....
clearly, though, it doesn't really matter much I guess....
Nissan you got some splainin' do do
08-12-2007 | 08:40 PM
#14
Originally Posted by Stardust
That is very strange.
Nissan you got some splainin' do do
Nissan you got some splainin' do do
of nissan do do things that way. Im just gonna go to autozone and pick them up instead of ordering them. 22mm here i come
08-12-2007 | 11:47 PM
#16
Nightmare = Reality
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well. . .okay then. . . did stardust get his car used? or new? it could always be a parts bin snafu. Still seems like the information i gave was accurate in the case of Trurida. . . if non-SEs have 22mm, then whether they made a manufacturing change or a boo-boo on the 2000SEs, i think him needing the 22mm bushing wouldn't change?
08-13-2007 | 09:32 AM
#20
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,136
From: Pleasanton,CA
Yeah, by looking at the pictures they don't seem to that bad. Looking at the first picture in the thread, they seem to have a tight fit.
On that note a related question, to slide the bushings the upper sway bar link end has to be disconnected and pushed in.., right?.
On that note a related question, to slide the bushings the upper sway bar link end has to be disconnected and pushed in.., right?.
08-13-2007 | 10:24 AM
#21
Originally Posted by Love_00_Max
On that note a related question, to slide the bushings the upper sway bar link end has to be disconnected and pushed in.., right?.
08-13-2007 | 11:47 AM
#22
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From: Pleasanton,CA
Originally Posted by Stardust
No, all you need to do is put a jack under the control arm and lift it.
08-13-2007 | 11:49 AM
#23
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,136
From: Pleasanton,CA
But this picture tells a different story, it is one solid mass...
http://www.energysuspensionparts.com...E5124&cat=4206
http://www.energysuspensionparts.com...E5124&cat=4206
08-13-2007 | 01:13 PM
#26
^^ could be a number of reasons, maybe they are not hosting it, maybe they dont want to open up a BRAND new set of bushings, or maybe they are just a reseller, WHO dont have the product AT hand, the reasons could be endless..
small FSB 
12-29-2007 | 06:20 AM
#32
12-29-2007 | 07:48 AM
#33
Urethane bushings quicken the response somewhat. Less bushing compression allows the anti-roll bars to do their job more quickly. If you do the D bushings, definitely do the end links too.
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