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Originally Posted by jwasbury View Post
Re: the through body front anti-roll bar, I think fuel tank removal is pretty much mandatory for installation. Its also recommended to weld the mounts in I believe, and weld the drop link attachment points onto the front control arms.
Jacob, I hadn't heard that welding the mounts in was advised, but I haven't even read the directions yet. Is it under any stress? I wouldn't have thought it should even touch the bar, but again I haven't gotten this far yet.

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Originally Posted by JFairman View Post
I installed the trailing arm monoballs without removing the trailing arms from the car. I didn't even remove the calipers or the emergency brake cables.. I just disconnected the stainless braided brake lines I have on the rear brakes lines so I could remove the trailing arms far enough to do the work while laying on the ground under the car.
...Call me crazy but thats how I did it and it wasn't easy but wasn't real difficult either.
Jim, thank you for posting your approach here. I will definitely attempt to follow how you did it, rather than tackle the much bigger job of removing the arms again. I was 10 years younger but I think that wheel bearing job still took me over 10 hours to do both sides. If I knew any better then, I would have changed that bushing when they were out.

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Originally Posted by Flieger View Post
Also, you may need to do some sanding of the torsion tube and filing of the aluminum insert in order to get the spring plate bushings to install properly. There is a lot of variation in that area from the factory it seems. The rubber bushings didn't really need a precision fit.
Thanks for the heads up. Maybe the freezer and the torch can help out here too.

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Originally Posted by speednme1 View Post
I would like to add to what Ken stated about Clint. I too ordered parts(935 spring plates, front and rear bushings) yesterday(Kenny's fault..lol). Parts were shipped out this morning. Clint was vey personable and easy to talk to.
Speed- don't blame me for your own insanity. You have to start a thread on what you're up to. Clint's bushings don't even constitute a rounding error on your ride!
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