It's a great idea, not the least of which is you'll really understand what
the front bar does for the handling!

On 3/18/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> To try to isolate my problem, I was going to go ahead and remove my sway
> bar and stabilizer links and drive around the block tomorrow, to check
> if my noise goes away.  Any reason this is a bad idea?  When putting it
> back together, I plan to implement all of Rogers suggestions.
> Thanks,
> Wes
>
> Wesley Pegden wrote:
> > Thanks for the replies, Roger and  others.
> > I just was under the van again.  I think my noise is maybe coming from
> > the top of the stabilizer link hitting the coil on the passenger side
> > (the same side where the stabilizer bar sticks through this bushing by a
> > good 3/4 of an inch).  On the driver side, I can easily fit my finger
> > between the coil and the stabilizer link, but on the passenger side,
> > they're far too close together, so I have a feeling the stabilizer link
> > ends up hitting the coil on the passenger side, and that's what's
> > causing my nose.  How do I reposition the stabilizer link?  The lower
> > bushing is certainly pretty worn, but not more so than on the driver
> > side.
> >
> > -Wes
> > '84   1.9l
> >
> > Roger Sisler wrote:
> >> I would hazard a guess that the radius rods are out of position.Is
> >> the bolt
> >> holding the lower control arm on,tight?Are the nuts and bushings
> >> where the
> >> radius rod goes through the frame tight? My westy had a bushing here
> >> disengagrate, and the radius rod wore a 1 inch hole, to 2 inches in the
> >> frame. Every time I stepped on the brake I got a thump from this rod
> >> knocking on the frame. I would suspect thatimproper motion in these
> >> components can dislodge the sway bar form proper position. Are the two
> >> inner sway bar bushings loose? Swap the left inner bushing with the
> >> right
> >> inner bushing to get new wear points on each bushing.Lastly, the hole
> in
> >> the outter bushing, where the sway bar goes through, is a tight fit.Try
> >> lubing the bushing/bar, and squeezeit back in place.Loosen up on the
> >> inner
> >> bushings first,to do this.Roger
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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Jake
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