[Shotimes] Rear Sway Bar bushing questions

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

Get The Thunder Gun!  Ingersoll Rand makes it.  A buddy of mine got one
from Harbor Freight.  It's pricey.  Probably in the upper $150's to $200,
but man does it work great.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
   ShoShop y-pipe

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.



shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 05/28/2003 01:21:57 AM:

> If I did it on a regular basis, it would take a fraction of that, even 
with
> only one jack and 4 jackstands for keeping two cars in the air! 
9-year-old
> bolts/nuts that haven't been touched since they left the factory are
> especially fun, also!!
> 
> Note to self: Gotta spend the $$$ for a good impact wrench that actually 
has
> some cajones!!  $30 for the Campbell-Hausfeld was not money well-spent 
(in
> hindsight!!!......although is was my first when I bought my first
> compressor).
> 
> Ron Porter 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk Doucette [mailto:Kirk.doucette@verizon.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:05 AM
> To: Ron Porter; 'David Rosicke'; 'SHOtimes'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Rear Sway Bar bushing questions
> 
> 
> 13hrs? Man your getting OLD
> 
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Ron Porter
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:03 PM
> To: 'David Rosicke'; 'SHOtimes'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Rear Sway Bar bushing questions
> 
> ??? What do you mean by "center to center"??
> 
> I have a link in the garage. It is 11 1/4" overall, and 5 11/16" from 
the
> inner bushing-stop to bushing-stop.
> 
> I don't see where a different length link would change the ride height, 
it
> will just change the position of the bar WRT the strut mounting point.
> 
> Ron Porter (still in pain after a 13-hour day of changing sway bars,
> subframe bushings, and brake proportioning valves between two SHOs!)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of David Rosicke
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:37 PM
> To: 'SHOtimes'
> Subject: [Shotimes] Rear Sway Bar bushing questions
> 
> 
> End links:
> 
> Is the factory kit 9.5" center to center?
> 
> If so, and since the car is sitting lower, I am thinking of using a 9" 
kit
> instead.  The company I am ordering from has 9" or 10" kits.
> 
> Body bushings:
> Moog has the proper 26MM bushing.
> TRW is 25MM max.
> ES sucks.
> Ford no longer lists the factory part for the 26mm bar.
> PST lists a poly-graphite.
> 
> I just ordered the PST bushings.
> 
> Suggestions on the End links?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dave R.
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