 replacing my sway bar bushings in back, should i have them do the front as well? |
 May 2, 2004 - 10:31 PM
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Thursday my car is going to get it's rear sway bar bushings replaced to stop the now infamos wobble sound many of us have had, and the Cv boots as well. i was wondering if i should have them replace the front sway bar bushings as well? My car has 115,000 on it now, and i was thinking mabey it would help the handling of the car? Anybody know if this is wise to do or just a waste of money? Also, anything else they should replace at this time that you guys can think of so i can get it donr at once?
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May 7, 2004 - 1:16 PM
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"I would suggest you consider what you're paying in parts and labour and maybe consider getting a set of ST sway bars while things are taken apart. "
I'm curious, why would you want what I think is the smaller diameter, softer ST sway bars? After checking the parts microfiche, there are 2 sway bars for the FRONT: 48811-2b090 AT200 not sure of diameter, could someone measure? 48811-20840 ST204 20MM diameter (I used a dial caliper, but the easy way is to see what open-end metric wrench size will slip over the bar in a straight section of bar) bushings are 48815-20030 - AT200 and 48815-30040 ST204, brackets are the same, so only diff would have to be inside diameter of bushing? or stiffness of bushing material? both take the same end-links, though left and right show 2 diff part numbers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR the REAR: you would want swaybar part no 48812-20820 which fits early 9/93 thru 8/94 production models WITH sport suspension package AND ALL 9/94 thru 8/99 models AT200 AND ST204, The only difference I see is the early model (built 9/93 thru 8/94) ST204 and AT200's WITHOUT SPORT Suspension had a diff rear bar. Is this where the confusion came in? did we originally swap a late (post 8/94) ST bar for an early non-sports package GT, thus thinking all ST's had better sway bars? This post has been edited by 97GTinKC: May 7, 2004 - 1:18 PM |
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saleeka replacing my sway bar bushings in back May 2, 2004 - 10:31 PM
Junior carefull getting your bushings done. your sway ba... May 2, 2004 - 10:41 PM bufferdan You dont have to take off the end-links to replace... May 3, 2004 - 8:26 AM presure2 i gotta do mine too, im getting this strange ... May 3, 2004 - 8:35 AM bufferdan I noticed no difference in handling when i swaped ... May 3, 2004 - 9:23 AM saleeka im having the dealer do this, and to do the rear p... May 3, 2004 - 11:43 PM defgeph I just did my links and noticed nothing. but its a... May 4, 2004 - 12:00 AM bufferdan 120$ to do the sway bar bushings??? You can... May 4, 2004 - 7:26 AM Jeremy1210 bufferdan is correct. I changed my bushings and pu... May 4, 2004 - 9:03 AM mikew04 st = suspension tech. May 7, 2004 - 1:28 PM
97GTinKC QUOTE (mikew04 @ May 7, 2004 - 11:28 AM) st =... May 7, 2004 - 8:35 PM |
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