66 sway bar bushings???

[spcedwards214]

How is one suppose to actually get these sway bar bushings out and back in place under the plates? These brackets are a bit ridiculous. Should I torch them out since they are petrified? Or does anyone have any tricks they'd like to share? lol Thanks

 

[gdrill]

It can be done. I did them on my Scamp. If I recall correctly, lube was a friend!

 

[dieseldazzle]

Lube is always your friend

 

[Pistol Pete]

I drill holes in them and pulled them out chunk by chunk.

 

[badmopar67]

Definitely use a lubricant which should be in the kit with the rubber/poly bushing and on the bar, When putting them back together I found it very helpful to slightly grind down and knock off just a little bit of the corner on inner edge of the bracket itself on the side that you're going to install the rubber in which makes insulation a lot easier and I use waterpump pliers to press them in

 

[Hemi 354]

Yep....a little bumping and grinding with lubrication will do the trick, at least that's what she said.

 

[kiwigtx]

Sell the car and buy a '70......much easier sway bar brackets. :grin:

 

[69Runner]

If you have a welder here's another approach. Grind away the weld, peel open, insert new bushing. Weld back together. Rinse, repeat for the other side.

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[spcedwards214]

Thanks 69 runner, that's exactly what I did to get them back in, had to drill them out and one was bent up bad so cutting, correcting and re-welding worked. Bushing got a little hot, but nothing works better than this trick in my opinion. Don't know why I didn't think about doing it myself. Thanks again!

 

[69Runner]

Yet another option - if someone is not concerned with the original/vintage look then this arrangement works as well.

2 notes: the grease nipple location is not ideal but that is easy enough to fix; bolts in bottom pic need to be tightened.