rear sway bar bushing replacement

GMR911 · 03-30-2007, 07:28 PM

Hi, have just received my rear sway bar bushings and drop link bushings from our host. Any particular method or procedure in replacing these bushings. The car is a 77 911S with the ball type drop link bushings and 4 sway bar bushings. The rear of the car is jacked up supported with jack stands under the torsion bar covers. Also the shocks are out now. and being replaced along with the sway bar bushings. Any insight would be appreciated. thanks Jerry

bkreigsr · 06:14 AM

Jerry, the rubber bushing are fairly straight forward. undo the 4 bolts, and drop the bar.

once both sides are undone and hanging, move to the ball. pop the link off the ball with some wood and a hammer.

slide the lower drop link off the bar and replace the lower rubber.

lube the new lower eye bushings well inside and out. force the new plastic in the top eye while its on the bench. (I had to heat mine for a couple of minutes in boiling water)

install the links back on the bar, position it over the ball and tap with your wood and hammer to seat it over the ball.

once the links are done, finish the fixed bushings, only lube the inside of these

try to avoid the petro based greases and find some high quality silicon based suspension specific lube.

not a hard procedure, gets easier every time

Bill K

GMR911 · 03-31-2007, 07:23 AM

Bill, Thanks for the response. Any issues with doing this job before or after shock replacement. How about keepin the level of the susp even to preload from one side to another. I read somewhere while searching the board about this? Thanks again, Jerry

bkreigsr · 03-31-2007, 08:03 AM

As long as you unbolt the fixed mounts and let the bar hang by the drop links, there is no issue with pre-load. Also, because the drop links are not adjustable, pre-load again becomes a non-issue.
sequence of shock replacement is also a non-issue.
Bill K

GMR911 · 03-31-2007, 10:14 AM

Thanks again Bill. Right now I am putting my rear shocks back in and the trailing arm bolt is going in at cocked angle. When I put the shock in it stresses the bolt and creates at offset angle. Should all the weight be off the trailing arm when installing the bolt. I think this would alleviate any pressure on the shock. Or is it an angle thing and the trailing arm would have to lifted or lowered to get proper angle, howevr this would creat pressure on the shock and bolt? Any thoughts, Jerry

bkreigsr · 03-31-2007, 10:42 AM

don't force it.
adjust the height of either the shock or the arm to line up so it will go in with finger pressure.
but you probably figured that out already.