69 B sway bar bushing replacement.....am I wasting my time

[Cranky]

trying to get an original bushing into a replacement bracket? I tried this with one that was only around 10 years old and it was a pita and now it seems impossible. The bushing is still on the bar and seems like trying to get it off the bar and put it into the bracket would make it even harder to put it back on the bar. Any tricks to doing this? How bout buying new bushings? I think Year Crazy Prices has them.....

 

[mopar 3 B]

Solid or split bushing?

 

[69 MBee]

Cut the welds...…..replace the bushing.....using clamps or vice to press the metal back into place and weld a bead on both ends.


Sorry.....seen it was a replacement bracket. I've never done a replacement bracket...…….Stock has a weld on both ends to cut. I also pull them and use a little Kroil to slide it back onto the sway bar

 

[Cranky]

Solid or split bushing?

It's not split....but don't think it would make a difference....but I might cut it and see what happens.

 

[hunt2elk]

I've replaced quite a few sets of them and never had to cut and reweld the straps. Grease or silicone and 2 pairs of pump pliers to gradually work the new bushing in. Doesn't look possible, but they will go in.

 

[Cranky]

Pump pliers?

 

[Cranky]

Never mind lol, I'll give it a shot....

 

[hunt2elk]

Channel Locks. You will need a couple pairs of the larger ones.

 

[hunt2elk]

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[Sahara]

Not sure if this is any help to you but I made this press out of some scrap wood and reddirod. I used it to press my old bushing off and the new one on. Worked slick. My bushings from PST fit my old brackets perfectly.

 

[69L48Z27]

I ended up cutting my straps after wresting with pliers for about 1/2 hour.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Had to repair the stud mount on one and just drilled the spot welds and bolted them back together. Not the original look but it works?

 

[Cranky]

Had to repair the stud mount on one and just drilled the spot welds and bolted them back together. Not the original look but it works?

Ain't no spot welds on these brackets....they're pretty solid lol

 

[69bfan]

As hunt2elk replied, they can be pushed into place using pliers. I have used a larger set of vise grips and pair of channel locks. Coat them and the bracket with some grease and pop in place. Some are easier than others, but had rather fight with one vs having to cut and reweld.

 

[vintage chromoly]

I fought mine for an hour or so (PST) and then grabbed the cutoff wheel, separated one side, and then mig welded them back. You wouldn't know it if I didn't tell you.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Put the bushing in boiling water for a few minutes, spray the end with wd-40, put gloves on, install bushing. It’ll pop right over the end.

 

[Dennis H]

Doesn't the FSM say to "remove and discard?

 

[69 MBee]

I'll race ya! I'll cut, reweld and finish paint ………..and have time for some lunch before you get done wrestling with pliers and a fist full of lube! LOL
To each his own. The end result is getting the bushing in and I figure at 50yrs old, I gotta work smarter so I can spend my time on something else!