Has anyone changed these on their 3gee? Mine are are cracked and dry rotted. Are they a beast to do? Is there any performance ones? And what will they do for me?
Sway Bar Bushings
Has anyone changed these on their 3gee? Mine are are cracked and dry rotted. Are they a beast to do? Is there any performance ones? And what will they do for me?
I think it's pretty easy to change if you have decent access to them. I'm not sure if there are performance ones or if it will make a big difference but I know for sure there is a thread about it somewhere.
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
Does anyone know of other aftermarket ones besides energy suspension. I would like to get ones that will be easy to install. And require no modifying of anything.
Originally Posted by bank2me
you picked the wrong car is you just want stuff that you can buy at autozone...
this is not a civic yo
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Suspens.../dp/B000CN7CGU
Thats about as plug and play as your going to get. You might get the stock parts from the dealer but the price I would guess would be alot more. The end links bushing replacement is about as difficult as jacking the car and removing the tire.
As far as the bushings that go from the sway bar to the frame of the car the regular ES ones that are non-greasable should be fine and very easy to install. It was the greaseable ones that gave me some trouble.
wp
Last edited by Oldblueaccord; 05-14-2008 at 12:18 PM.
1988 Lxi owner since August 1995
336k miles running strong!
Now running E85.
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url]http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Suspension-9-8105G-Black-Sway/dp/B000CN7CGU[/url]
Thats about as plug and play as your going to get. You might get the stock parts from the dealer but the price I would guess would be alot more. The end links bushing replacement is about as difficult as jacking the car and removing the tire.
As far as the bushings that go from the sway bar to the frame of the car the regular ES ones that are non-greasable should be fine and very easy to install. It was the greaseable ones that gave me some trouble.
http://www.springworks.com/auto-bushings-sway-buy.html here a link with the part numbers and dimensions. The non greaseable ones have smaller brackets.
wp
EDIT: repost since the site went down with edit
1988 Lxi owner since August 1995
336k miles running strong!
Now running E85.
Oldblueaccord <<< MY YOUTUBE PAGE!
I suppose the greasable one are better. Is that kit on amazon for both sides too?
as for the end-links that's no perfect science. If you take off one side, reassemble it, then take it to something like AutoZone, they usually have a set of end-links for a Ford. As long as the bolt length is the same, and/or the inner diameter of the bushing is the same, they just swap out the busings. For the inners where it mounts to the x-member, I would just order new ones from Majestic.
-Mark D.
I bought the greaseable ones because poly usually squeeks bad and I thought it would help. I never hear them squeek but I dont know if its the grease or not. I buy poly because they last more or less forever. Mine had gotten eat up from oil and brake fluid leaks where these should hang tuff for ever.
wp
1988 Lxi owner since August 1995
336k miles running strong!
Now running E85.
Oldblueaccord <<< MY YOUTUBE PAGE!
my front suspension has poly in the lower control arms, and i have a ST sway bar with poly bushings and i have never heard them squeak
1989 Honda Accord LX-i
B18c1 swap since 7/2011
175whp and 132tq
Redzone tuned
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