Is the sway bar under tension?

[losh1971]

most wear is the outer rubber sway bar to strut mounting.

Do you have anything you can show this rubber mounting on a VE? I have replaced my links but never saw a rubber mount.

 

[07GTS]

Do you have anything you can show this rubber mounting on a VE? I have replaced my links but never saw a rubber mount.

ve is only the ball joints but i was broadening the info as the earlier style uses the rubber mounts for the links

 

[losh1971]

ve is only the ball joints but i was broadening the info as the earlier style uses the rubber mounts for the links

OK, yeah I was wondering that but then thought maybe I had missed something. I was hoping anyway.

 

[Conzo97]

I'll definitely have a better look at the sway bar links. What D bushes do people recommend? Also, I see that the current ones on there are 24mm, but for some reason the repco/sca garage tool says the 24mm doesn't suit my car and I should get 23mm... Any thoughts?

 

[losh1971]

Best to measure your sway bar. There can be a couple of different sizes which is why I measure before ordering D Bushes. Nolethane will be fine so will rubber. I'm going Nolethane as they are cheap and available.

 

[Conzo97]

Unbolt your swaybar link at either the top near the strut or bottom on the sway bar . That way you can check the the ball joints on the ends . Had to replace mine , they felt pretty good until I unbolted them and the ball joint was pretty sloppy. Only takes a couple of minutes to remove and replace them .

Hey mate. I finally changed the d bushes to no success stoppin the noise...
In terms of checking the links, do I need to jack the car up and take the wheels off? Or is it enough to turn the wheels to full lock and undoing then?
Also, if I replace the links, would cheapies from eBay be okay (cozza brand)?

 

[losh1971]

McKays are cheap enough and you will need to remove the wheels to replace them.

 

[Conzo97]

McKays are cheap enough and you will need to remove the wheels to replace them.

Cheers mate - I'll look them up! By the way, did you get your knock sorted?

 

[rambunctious]

Hey mate. I finally changed the d bushes to no success stoppin the noise...
In terms of checking the links, do I need to jack the car up and take the wheels off? Or is it enough to turn the wheels to full lock and undoing then?
Also, if I replace the links, would cheapies from eBay be okay (cozza brand)?

FWIW I had a knock which turned out to be a loose nut on the sway bar link.
Tightened nut, all quite ever since.

 

[J_D 2.0]

McKays are cheap enough and you will need to remove the wheels to replace them.

No you don’t. I changed my sway bar links out without jacking the car up, just turn the steering full lock and you can get at them.