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To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: sway bar bushings
From: dsimpson@ds2.ncweb.com (david r simpson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 21:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
SNIP

When I replaced the bushing on my Explorer, with
polyurethane, they came cut so you could force
them around the bar, FWIW

Dave Simpson
NE OHIO

>I have been told that I can safely cut the bushings with a hacksaw in
>order to get them around the bar. I am somewhat dubious of this. Anyone
>have a better solution?
>
>The polyurethane is quite stiff and I am not sure if I would be able to
>fit it around the ends of the sway bar which are much wider than the bar
>diameter at its round part. Even if I can fit them around the bar ends,
>I wonder if this might permanently distort them and make them useless
>anyway? However I am willing to try this if someone has successfully
>done so in the past. Cutting the bushings is a last resort for me
>(although I guess it comes before cutting the sway bar in the middle
>;-).
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Peter Zaborski
>76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
>Calgary AB Canada
>
>
>


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