Changing Bush on Link Pin

[Harry2385]

Hi everyone,

I was getting a knocking sound near the front passenger side and upon having a look discovered that one of the bushes was gone from the stabiliser/link pin. I found this image from Google:

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...t-link-pin.jpg

The missing bush is the second one from the top. It looks straight forward to replace so will try to do it myself.

Are there any special tools that I need?
Is it just a matter of removing the tyre then removing one or both the bolts and sliding the pin out, replace bush and slide the pin back up?
Can I just use the jack that came with the car and jack it up from the jacking point or do I need to use a stand on one or both sides?

Any help and tips would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[goose202]

It's a straight forward job, but if you only jack up one side of the car there will be pressure on the link pins. Axle stands are ideal and a very good investment if you intend to start doing some of your own work. You could borrow a jack from another car for the other side but I'd be very nervous about the stability of working on a car at all supported only by jacks. Never get under a car supported only by jacks (of any sort).

[wraith]

Have used these before. Worked very well. Jacked up the front of the car. Ripped out the old ones. Took all of an hour for both sides because I couldn't find the shifter spanner.

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