Y’all I’m telling you grease the bushings… don’t run them dry as they will make noise and friction which will wear them down. Don’t care what the factory does… if the factory didn’t grease them that’s probably why I’m replacing the damn bushing so soon!
@@EasyFixShaun your bushings were likely long expired before replacement given their condition shown in the video. So let’s assume they went bad before 10 years. They should certainly last longer than that, probably closer to 15. You can suggest they won’t perform the same way but most people aren’t mechanically inclined and the bushings should perform well enough to do it’s job for 15 years.
This has helped me in the past. Camry 2007s often get the bushing clunk in the rear. Penetrating oil + heat to remove bolts up here in Canadian rust belt
Grease will cause noise, install dry like the factory does. The soft rubber bushing is designed to wear and be replaced eventually with no grease ever needed 😃🔧
Read the specs, if it says "clean, dry threads" do not put grease on those bolts. If you do you will seriously overtighten them and risk breaking the bolts. Spray with anti-corrosion fluid AFTER you tighten them.
I would say that if the nuts and bolts can't be fitted without greasing them they aren't clean enough in the first place. The only reason for adding grease to nuts and bolts should be to prevent corrosion unless the manufacturer's instructions say otherwise.
Nonsense, lubed threads are happy threads, protects against galling and corrosion. Oiled threads 90% dry torque spec, greased 70%. No one is going to break these bolts installing with a 3/8 ratchet. Spray a rusty seized fastener with penetrating fluid, it doesnt get into the threads, the corrosion seals the free space between the threads. If a bolt is rusty, torqing with oiled threads will be closer to the proper bolt stretch then torqing dry and rusty. I deal with rusted and seized fasteners almost every day. Torquing swaybar not necessary.
Silicone grease is fine to use, normal grease will degraded the bushes much faster than being dry. If you don't grease make sure you have a good stereo to drown out the squeek especially if you put in poly bushes
My Hotchkis suspension kit provided grease for the bushings. The swaybar bushings will creak and groan really loud if not greased. Energy Suspension also recommends and provides grease for their bushing kits also. I worked in a Speedshop for a long time and installed hindreds of kits on all types of cars and trucks. I always greased the bushings on everything so my customers dont complain about noises.
I've had this annoying always coming from my car for a while it was so audibly loud but very hard to distinguish where it was coming from. I had to eventually replace my front shocks also I realized it what's also loose sway bar end links, I tightened them down and the problem was fixed!
Good job reading the instructions and follow orders your doing great and keep making videos without people like you i would of never been a car guy or work on my car. Yes not everyone on youtube is correct but I trust this video and will replace my bushing dry like the factory told me to.
I think that's what I have going on with my 2019 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawlk. I took it to a shop to find out it has a lot of codes that need to be updated on the software also. I get clunky noises and slight vibrations when driving up to between 25 to 40mph
Well, if you got a squeak and you pull it off, you have to sand it you don’t have the money to replace the bushing so just put a little dab of grease on there. It will get rid of the squeak and later on you can do it right but some people don’t have a money to do it right at the time so I’ll just WD-40 silicone spray or a white light film of grease
Use of silicone based lube or grease on rubber bushing is actually a good idea. Whereas grease on the bolt thread? What’s the purpose? If trying to prevent corrosion, could use a dab of blue loctite. Loctite not only prevents bolts from un-doing itself, it also keeps water out of that crevice once cured.
@@EasyFixShaun Hey, thank you for replying! 😊 I still don’t know why you used grease on the bolt threads though. Was it to prevent water entry & corrosion? I was under the impression torque specs assume dry fasteners; if lube is used, throws off those torque values and may easily over stretch the bolts.
Not usually. As long as the fasteners and parts you remove don't adjust or change any alignment angles You should be good. 99% of the time no alignment will need needed 😀
Hey again, sorry for the frustration in my last posts, I was losing my mind trying to find my sway bar bushings and this video popped up! Just a question, you say it can be done on the ground, but then what do you mean by 'level the suspension'? Also my polyurethane bushings come with grease, does this go inside the bushing, or in the bolts as you showed?
No worries. The sway bar simply try's to level the suspension side to side. So if the height of the wheels is different sode to side there will be pressure on the sway bar and components. If the height is identical side to side on the sway bar ends-no pressure will be on the bar. The bar is a spring and twists like a torsion bar when there is a difference side to side 😀🔧
No as long as the bar design doesn't support vehicle weight(roughly 99% of vehicles). But you do want to make sure the vehicle suspension is level either way you do it (jacked up or on the ground). Otherwise the bar twists and try's to level the suspension and will make replacement of links or bushings very difficult. Does that make sense? I have a great full length video that explains it more if you need it on my channel 😀
Very likely! That is the exact reason I don't recommend lube. Bushing replacement will solve your problem though. Install them dry and you should be good. I would recommend oem links also, and you should be good for a long time 😃🔧
Thanks for great video I’m definitely not getting clunking noise I can hear clicking when I turn to the right I took car to the Firestone they told me I have bad axle 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Would you happen to know how to take a sway bar bushing on a 2016 kia soul. I can't find anything on how about it. I am just curious If I can just take the bottom sway bar link off it's new just slide it out of my way but was looking for a video or advice on how tough it would be to take the bushing off. I ain't no mechanic so any advice your able to give would help very much.
Tech tip buy these from the manufacturer of your car instead of aftermarket ones, personally I've found aftermarket ones don't last as long as the manufacturer does
Sway bar parts can be done up or down as long as the axle is level. Suspension droop must be equal side to side or there will be pressure on the bar. Check out my long form video. TON'S of extra information 😃 czcams.com/video/0S8JBe_jn6g/video.html
Time and effort to change either a pair of bushings or a pair of links isn't a whole lot different if doing them separate from each other in either order. Although if doing separately you would have more effort in obtaining parts twice and setting up the vehicle for replacement twice 😃
If you want to do one side at a time on the ground that should work good. But you want the axle level so there is no difference side to side in the suspension heightl. Otherwise there will be pressure on the bar 😃🔧 Here is the full length video czcams.com/video/0S8JBe_jn6g/video.html
@@EasyFixShaun yes on the ground figured I would get the vehicle jacked up and on aome jack stands at the same height and just do one side each. I'll be doing the bigger middle bushings.
The sway bars job is to level the suspension from side to side linking them together to the frame or uni-body. In the full length video I explain that it's best to do both sides of any given axle at the same time. Basically you want the suspension level wether jacked up or on the ground. Otherwise you will could fight the bars "spring" pressure from side to side. Can make link replacement especially hard. Usually it doesn't effect bushing replacement as much but it can. I have fought before and it is no fun. I only replace those parts when the axle is level up or down on the ground. Saves me a lot of headache. I hope that helps 😃
Sway might be detected. I wouldn't normally think of vibration as a symptom of sway bar components really. But vibration while turning could be a wheel bearing symptom description..
@@EasyFixShaun thanks mate. well I tested earlier with a tilted road and it "vibrates/rattle" I dont know how to describe it but something is touching metal to metal.
Can that cause your wheels to go in and out in the rear or just sway bar links in the rear I got a alignment and they went bad again like a week later my rear tires back Crooket and also car fishtails in the rear more now
The links and bushings stabilize the ride characteristics of the vehicle at all speeds. They stabilize side to side height differences on a "single axle" only. So rear or front will need separate systems. They don't control actual suspension arc, steering arc, or change alignment angles (caster, camber, toe settings). You may have something else going on other than sway bar links. You could have several issues causing that. Your car will need an inspection somewhere to figure that all out. Sorry for late reply. I hope that helps 🔧
A good deal of aftermarket bushings (and even oem ones) dont come with preapplied lube. I recently purchased a sway bar from whitleine and they explicitly sent over lubricant for their sway bar that was to be applied to the oem bushing.
Alot of the off road trucks that come thru are aftermarket lifted and custom. Some stock trucks roll thru. But if they have grease fittings I shoot them with my grease gun. I run that blue amsoil grease.
Can a sway bar also get twister or like crooked? I have a 17 mustang GT that feels very rough on these California roads I already replaced the shocks, struts and removed the lowering springs the car came with but the ride feels exactly the same if not worst
Anything can happen but i haven't personally seen or heard of a bar doing that. Usually they wear like a leaf spring since they are made of spring steel. Usually they last forever or break in half. I have not seen too many different types failures in between those two. What brand of struts are on it? 😀🔧
What happens if you hear like engine like like doesn’t have oil but have full oil but sound like tryna finish cup of soda like suck little little bit of soda left
Um.... these look like *stabilizer* bar bushings, not sway bar bushings. Sway bars are funky little parts about the size of your palm that screw in on both ends with castle nuts & cotter pins.
Mine is at the dealer now for the second time (warranty 18k miles). The parts are supposed to be there today. The all ready replaced two parts still had the clunking. I'll get to see if they used lub or not. My point is, at 18k miles, its a piss poor design if they fail that fast.
💯. On some very rare occasion different size sway bars are put on the same vehicle and very by only 2mm. If the wrong bushings were used it would make noise within a few thousand miles most likely. Maybe that happened? On some other cases the bar wears by 2mm and causes the same problems. I don't see that often but it does happen. Usually the soft rubber bushing will be the wear item. I hope you get that all sorted out. Hang in there! 😃
@@EasyFixShaun I'm not pulling your leg. All springs should be replaced over time. Leaf springs and coil springs are service parts. Many people overlook the sway bar.
@@juliuscaesar2792 Show me a maintenance manual saying that. I think it will be hard to find most likely. Springs have some service limits. But, they are made of spring steel. Unless they break, crack, or sag... they are considered good.
The bolt was a little difficult to remove. A small amount of corrosion was on the threads. Normal for my climate. I could have run thread chasers down the bolt and cleaned them along with the "nut" side. Adding grease was a quick fix for the corrosion and should get trapped in the threads making next removal a little easier. So i went with that. Personal preference. The grease isn't required 😀🔧
My 08 super duty has the driver's side sway bushing popped out problem with mine is my sway bar bushings and sway bar runs through my fuckin boss plow hitch
You have bushings in your upper and lower control arms, but it sounds like maybe bump steer is your problem? My suggestion is to check ALL of your ball joints, which should typically be one upper, one lower and our outer tie rod end. Check your inner tie rod end as well, as that can directly affect your steering
@@jorgemabarak7932 Thanks for the tips. I've tried to shake the wheels but nothing into caster-camber direction. There's a bit of click when shaking left-right, but seems close to pitman arm. Question is if there shouldn't be any play at all(?) I have a 4x4 with straight axle, fyi.
Not true, I use silicone grease I have BRAND NEW cars that squeak and we get rid of it with silicone grease. Maybe on your one car this is what it did but its not always the case.
That is a thin coating of some sort of dry lube or wax from the oem manufacturer. It could be the release agent from forming the part in the mold. I didn't taste it so, I am not certain 😃🔧
Sorry you are having trouble locating them. The dealership is usually the best parts and the best place to start because of that. Sometimes ebay or amazon works well here. Or rockauto.com. Do you have any of those options in Australia?
@Easy Fix oh my gosh. I didn't even think of the dealership! Thanks for the idea,turns out they have 2 left locally in my state :) but they are $40 AUD each which is crazy, but I always heard dealerships are expensive. I have a 2003 Hyundai tiburon 2.0L Hyundai did also give me a part number though, and I found a set of polyurethane ones matching the part number on ebay too! They have a different measurement to what I read my sway bar measures on a forum, but I might take the gamble and hope if the part number is the same they should fit. But if not at least I can source them locally now, thank you so much that was actually a really helpful suggestion 😅 (Edit: I didn't think of the dealership because I was too busy getting frustrated googling/ebaying and amazon-ing 😅)
@@jorgemabarak7932 Usually they will make noise and need replacement to repair again. That has been my experience. I hope it works for you okay though.
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Y’all I’m telling you grease the bushings… don’t run them dry as they will make noise and friction which will wear them down. Don’t care what the factory does… if the factory didn’t grease them that’s probably why I’m replacing the damn bushing so soon!
The bushings were 10 or 11 years old. How long should they last with lubrication?
@@EasyFixShaun your bushings were likely long expired before replacement given their condition shown in the video. So let’s assume they went bad before 10 years. They should certainly last longer than that, probably closer to 15. You can suggest they won’t perform the same way but most people aren’t mechanically inclined and the bushings should perform well enough to do it’s job for 15 years.
Grease them good with marine grease. Don’t use other greases like lithium grease, etc.
@@EasyFixShaun that's why maintenance is required... like with many other car parts
no
I use lubricate with rubber grease. Protect the bush from high tension . . .
good tip 😃
This was an easy sway bar bushing to change, ive done many that are a huge pain, no room to get a wrench or a socket 😂
True. Me too. I wish all were easy. As long as they are accessible and have no rust- easy peasy 😀😀
This has helped me in the past. Camry 2007s often get the bushing clunk in the rear. Penetrating oil + heat to remove bolts up here in Canadian rust belt
nice 😃
I lubed mine with silicone spray, just in case, they haven't been squeaking. So if you wanna put something on yours, silicone spray works.
I like them dry 😃
Very informative and interesting video angles for the POV for the part and where to look.
Thank you! Glad you like it 😃😃
I would put silicone grease. I've heard new bushings installed still make noise.
Grease will cause noise, install dry like the factory does. The soft rubber bushing is designed to wear and be replaced eventually with no grease ever needed 😃🔧
White lithium grease
I installed new bushings with no grease and terrible squeak silicone grease helped but it returned the next day
Read the specs, if it says "clean, dry threads" do not put grease on those bolts. If you do you will seriously overtighten them and risk breaking the bolts. Spray with anti-corrosion fluid AFTER you tighten them.
Good tip! But....What is a clean dry thread? I live in the rust belt 😃🔧
I would say that if the nuts and bolts can't be fitted without greasing them they aren't clean enough in the first place. The only reason for adding grease to nuts and bolts should be to prevent corrosion unless the manufacturer's instructions say otherwise.
Nonsense, lubed threads are happy threads, protects against galling and corrosion. Oiled threads 90% dry torque spec, greased 70%. No one is going to break these bolts installing with a 3/8 ratchet. Spray a rusty seized fastener with penetrating fluid, it doesnt get into the threads, the corrosion seals the free space between the threads. If a bolt is rusty, torqing with oiled threads will be closer to the proper bolt stretch then torqing dry and rusty. I deal with rusted and seized fasteners almost every day. Torquing swaybar not necessary.
I say grease them. Just don't break them off when tighten them. Lube threads are happy threads.
Spoken like not a mechanic. Its a small bolt dont go ballistic on it
Life Hack if still squicks, use Teflon tape on the bar and add little bit of silicone geese , stops the noises
Smart guy. Make more videos man
Thanks! working on it 😃
Silicone grease is fine to use, normal grease will degraded the bushes much faster than being dry. If you don't grease make sure you have a good stereo to drown out the squeek especially if you put in poly bushes
What the south calls rust is slight discoloration. Meanwhile up north, we could never remove that bracket.
So true 😂
My Hotchkis suspension kit provided grease for the bushings. The swaybar bushings will creak and groan really loud if not greased. Energy Suspension also recommends and provides grease for their bushing kits also. I worked in a Speedshop for a long time and installed hindreds of kits on all types of cars and trucks. I always greased the bushings on everything so my customers dont complain about noises.
Poly performance need lubrication.
Oem/rubber does not need lubrication.
Is that what you mean?
@@EasyFixShaun yes, that's what I meant
agree :)
If they are supposed to be installed dry why do a lot come with a tube of grease and some come wish a grease fitting
Exactly, I ordered a sway bar set for my car and they come with a bucket of grease, this guy smoking crack.
different material?
It's for putting the bushings on the sway bar. I saw this on Hot Rod garage. He was installing new sway bar and bushings on a 01 Stang
I never check
Very helpful!
I've had this annoying always coming from my car for a while it was so audibly loud but very hard to distinguish where it was coming from. I had to eventually replace my front shocks also I realized it what's also loose sway bar end links, I tightened them down and the problem was fixed!
nice work! 😃
I replaced my Jeep GC front sway bar bushings and just used dielectric grease... no more squeaking over bumps.
Let me know if they eventually make noise would you?
Good job reading the instructions and follow orders your doing great and keep making videos without people like you i would of never been a car guy or work on my car. Yes not everyone on youtube is correct but I trust this video and will replace my bushing dry like the factory told me to.
Thank you so much! When in doubt I just follow the original equipment manufactures methods. Glad I could help 😃😃
Those 007 suppressor noises!
Pew pew 😀🔧
Subaru!
Nice 👍
I know I gotta do that to my Lincoln town car soon. I hear the clunk sometimes. Thanks for showing.
You bet 😃
Use the canned white lithium grease, no squeaks and the bushings last longer because they’re lubricated.
great tip. Working for you so far? How long?
@@EasyFixShaun If you apply generously, you can go until the bushings dry out.
I think that's what I have going on with my 2019 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawlk. I took it to a shop to find out it has a lot of codes that need to be updated on the software also. I get clunky noises and slight vibrations when driving up to between 25 to 40mph
Oh wow! Good luck getting it all fixed up 😃🔧
Will this fix the back tire roll on corners as well as stop the loud clunk noise in my rear right wheel ?
Very possible. Check out my long form sway bar link and bushings video on my channel. Crazy fun tips on how to check it 😀
@@EasyFixShaun I think I just have a bent tie rod. Left side feels straight right side curves like a J. Thanks dude!
Ooof! No problem. Get that sorted ASAP! :)
Well, if you got a squeak and you pull it off, you have to sand it you don’t have the money to replace the bushing so just put a little dab of grease on there. It will get rid of the squeak and later on you can do it right but some people don’t have a money to do it right at the time so I’ll just WD-40 silicone spray or a white light film of grease
I have never tried that. Could work temporarily i guess 🤌
Use of silicone based lube or grease on rubber bushing is actually a good idea.
Whereas grease on the bolt thread? What’s the purpose? If trying to prevent corrosion, could use a dab of blue loctite. Loctite not only prevents bolts from un-doing itself, it also keeps water out of that crevice once cured.
I have never seen a bushing bracket fastener back out. It could happen though and if it did, locktite would be a great solution 😃🔧
@@EasyFixShaun Hey, thank you for replying! 😊
I still don’t know why you used grease on the bolt threads though.
Was it to prevent water entry & corrosion?
I was under the impression torque specs assume dry fasteners; if lube is used, throws off those torque values and may easily over stretch the bolts.
It made me feel good about the bolt going back in easily. They were rusted and came out hard. I broken them before. Rust belt issues 😃
Do i need to make a wheel alignment after replacement rear bushes?
Not usually. As long as the fasteners and parts you remove don't adjust or change any alignment angles You should be good. 99% of the time no alignment will need needed 😀
Good job my brother❤
Thanks ✌
A mechanic told me not to lubricate bolts because it’ll cause over torque and a higher likelihood of failure. Not sure if that’s true….
I have found that lubricating lug studs for lug nuts is the only place that causes a problem 😀🔧
Think this guy is confused. Not greasing the bushing but grease the bolts 😂
Have the same problem in my 300c
oh boy, get her fixed up 😃
Tks
Thank u
No problem! 😃😃🔧
I always put a little bit of grease on the sway bar bushings because if you don't they will squeak like crazy and drive you crazy
i did that one time. Regretted ever since 😂
Damn... Them bushings blew their load!
indeed 😂
I work at a Subaru dealership. I changed these daily in them
Nice video.
good tip 😃
Hey again, sorry for the frustration in my last posts, I was losing my mind trying to find my sway bar bushings and this video popped up!
Just a question, you say it can be done on the ground, but then what do you mean by 'level the suspension'?
Also my polyurethane bushings come with grease, does this go inside the bushing, or in the bolts as you showed?
No worries. The sway bar simply try's to level the suspension side to side. So if the height of the wheels is different sode to side there will be pressure on the sway bar and components. If the height is identical side to side on the sway bar ends-no pressure will be on the bar. The bar is a spring and twists like a torsion bar when there is a difference side to side 😀🔧
U didn't answer the lube came with the bushings question....??
German torque spec "good n tight" is perfect for these bolts
Yup
good editing
Thanks!!
Thanks for the sound effects while hearing the issue. Apparently you have storm troopers under your car.
You are welcome! Good to know 🤣
Do you have to jack the car to replace these?
No as long as the bar design doesn't support vehicle weight(roughly 99% of vehicles). But you do want to make sure the vehicle suspension is level either way you do it (jacked up or on the ground). Otherwise the bar twists and try's to level the suspension and will make replacement of links or bushings very difficult. Does that make sense? I have a great full length video that explains it more if you need it on my channel 😀
I'd replace end links as well.
Not a bad idea at all 😀😀
I think I found reason why my suspension sound like old sofa because I use some silicone spray in this place
Very likely! That is the exact reason I don't recommend lube. Bushing replacement will solve your problem though. Install them dry and you should be good. I would recommend oem links also, and you should be good for a long time 😃🔧
Full length A+ sway bar link video~
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Thanks for great video
I’m definitely not getting clunking noise I can hear clicking when I turn to the right I took car to the Firestone they told me I have bad axle
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Will that make popping noice I hear when I start car. With put neutral it doesn't make it only on park or when I am stop light.
Would you happen to know how to take a sway bar bushing on a 2016 kia soul. I can't find anything on how about it. I am just curious If I can just take the bottom sway bar link off it's new just slide it out of my way but was looking for a video or advice on how tough it would be to take the bushing off. I ain't no mechanic so any advice your able to give would help very much.
I have a clunking noise when driving over speedbumps. Could it be the bushings?
Very possible. Check out my long form sway bar link and bushing video on my channel page. Tons of tips to help diagnose sway bar parts easily 😀
Tech tip buy these from the manufacturer of your car instead of aftermarket ones, personally I've found aftermarket ones don't last as long as the manufacturer does
Yup
You find that replacement bushing in a trash can my guy?
Factory wax goo substance. I think they put that on to preserve freshness in the event it sits on the shelf 😃
I have change in my asx and now squeaking like old sofa-bed. When you change the wheels must be up or doesn't matter?
Sway bar parts can be done up or down as long as the axle is level. Suspension droop must be equal side to side or there will be pressure on the bar. Check out my long form video. TON'S of extra information 😃
czcams.com/video/0S8JBe_jn6g/video.html
Do you recommend removing the links first in order to change the sway bar bushings?
Time and effort to change either a pair of bushings or a pair of links isn't a whole lot different if doing them separate from each other in either order. Although if doing separately you would have more effort in obtaining parts twice and setting up the vehicle for replacement twice 😃
@@EasyFixShaun so in order to replace the bushings, you have to take off the links no matter what? (Even if not replacing the links)
Thanksb
@@user-lg9qw4ic5m Bushings can be done separately. Links can be done separately. Or they can be replaced all at once.
When we replace them the sets come with grease for the bush to be installed with ?
Are they oem parts?
To the test the movement would it need to be lifted tho?
Replaced mine and still getting the noise any ideas?
How about the sway bar links. Are those ok? You can hand shake them to test. I have a full length video with other ways to test links also.
Nice video dude. Was curious if I could do this on the ground and looks like a yes. Just do one bushing at a time maybe?
If you want to do one side at a time on the ground that should work good. But you want the axle level so there is no difference side to side in the suspension heightl. Otherwise there will be pressure on the bar 😃🔧
Here is the full length video czcams.com/video/0S8JBe_jn6g/video.html
@@EasyFixShaun yes on the ground figured I would get the vehicle jacked up and on aome jack stands at the same height and just do one side each. I'll be doing the bigger middle bushings.
The sway bars job is to level the suspension from side to side linking them together to the frame or uni-body. In the full length video I explain that it's best to do both sides of any given axle at the same time. Basically you want the suspension level wether jacked up or on the ground. Otherwise you will could fight the bars "spring" pressure from side to side. Can make link replacement especially hard. Usually it doesn't effect bushing replacement as much but it can. I have fought before and it is no fun. I only replace those parts when the axle is level up or down on the ground. Saves me a lot of headache. I hope that helps 😃
We have a 2017 Hyundai Sonata that squeaks when we drive over a speed bump and back out of our garage? Sway bar bushings???
Could be. Track down that sound. Could be anything....
Does this also cause vibration at turning when speeding or the car been tilted left or right?
Sway might be detected. I wouldn't normally think of vibration as a symptom of sway bar components really. But vibration while turning could be a wheel bearing symptom description..
@@EasyFixShaun thanks mate. well I tested earlier with a tilted road and it "vibrates/rattle" I dont know how to describe it but something is touching metal to metal.
It was all the 1/4ers in the side door pocket.
Can that cause your wheels to go in and out in the rear or just sway bar links in the rear I got a alignment and they went bad again like a week later my rear tires back Crooket and also car fishtails in the rear more now
The links and bushings stabilize the ride characteristics of the vehicle at all speeds. They stabilize side to side height differences on a "single axle" only. So rear or front will need separate systems. They don't control actual suspension arc, steering arc, or change alignment angles (caster, camber, toe settings). You may have something else going on other than sway bar links. You could have several issues causing that. Your car will need an inspection somewhere to figure that all out. Sorry for late reply. I hope that helps 🔧
A good deal of aftermarket bushings (and even oem ones) dont come with preapplied lube. I recently purchased a sway bar from whitleine and they explicitly sent over lubricant for their sway bar that was to be applied to the oem bushing.
there a few companies like white line that use a different material other than factory rubber replacement where lube is ok and good for them 😃
Some sway bar bushings have the grease fittings on them. Why Is that? If you say run it dry?
I have never seen that except with aftermarket poly bushings. Is it an oem manufacturer you are seeing that does that?
Alot of the off road trucks that come thru are aftermarket lifted and custom. Some stock trucks roll thru. But if they have grease fittings I shoot them with my grease gun. I run that blue amsoil grease.
interesting. Maybe a Demand and Supply thing?
Wouldn't a thread locker be a better idea for the bolts?
Not usually needed. But you can do it if you want to, it wouldn't hurt anything. 😃
Can a sway bar also get twister or like crooked? I have a 17 mustang GT that feels very rough on these California roads I already replaced the shocks, struts and removed the lowering springs the car came with but the ride feels exactly the same if not worst
Anything can happen but i haven't personally seen or heard of a bar doing that. Usually they wear like a leaf spring since they are made of spring steel. Usually they last forever or break in half. I have not seen too many different types failures in between those two. What brand of struts are on it? 😀🔧
What happens if you hear like engine like like doesn’t have oil but have full oil but sound like tryna finish cup of soda like suck little little bit of soda left
Not sure about that one. Probably have a shop check for you. Post a video of the noise on youtube and I can try to listen for you.
Um.... these look like *stabilizer* bar bushings, not sway bar bushings. Sway bars are funky little parts about the size of your palm that screw in on both ends with castle nuts & cotter pins.
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I saw a video on CZcams and they put grease on the bushings
I would never recommend that. They are designed to be dry and installed dry at the factory.
Mine is at the dealer now for the second time (warranty 18k miles). The parts are supposed to be there today. The all ready replaced two parts still had the clunking. I'll get to see if they used lub or not. My point is, at 18k miles, its a piss poor design if they fail that fast.
💯. On some very rare occasion different size sway bars are put on the same vehicle and very by only 2mm. If the wrong bushings were used it would make noise within a few thousand miles most likely. Maybe that happened? On some other cases the bar wears by 2mm and causes the same problems. I don't see that often but it does happen. Usually the soft rubber bushing will be the wear item. I hope you get that all sorted out. Hang in there! 😃
Poly superiority
Stiffer?
Nice
Thank you
Lithium based grease is fine. Don't use petroleum on rubber.
good tip 😃
Mine came with grease already on them.
Nice. Did you throw it away? Were the "poly"performance bushings?
@EasyFix. no, I didn't throw them away I put them on the car. I purchased them from Amazon.
Oh gotcha! Sorry for the misspelling there. I was wondering if you used the grease? Are the bushings working good so far for you?
Sway bar is a torsion spring should also be replaced.
wat? why would you replace a spring that isn't broken or sagging?
@@EasyFixShaun I'm not pulling your leg. All springs should be replaced over time. Leaf springs and coil springs are service parts. Many people overlook the sway bar.
@@juliuscaesar2792 Show me a maintenance manual saying that. I think it will be hard to find most likely. Springs have some service limits. But, they are made of spring steel. Unless they break, crack, or sag... they are considered good.
why did you grease the bolts?
The bolt was a little difficult to remove. A small amount of corrosion was on the threads. Normal for my climate. I could have run thread chasers down the bolt and cleaned them along with the "nut" side. Adding grease was a quick fix for the corrosion and should get trapped in the threads making next removal a little easier. So i went with that. Personal preference. The grease isn't required 😀🔧
My 08 super duty has the driver's side sway bushing popped out problem with mine is my sway bar bushings and sway bar runs through my fuckin boss plow hitch
Omg really? Wow thats a bummer! You should make a video on that! I think that would be cool 😀😀
Normal!! It's a Klunker ...
😂
Rubber bushing don’t require grease. Urethane bushing do however.
good tip 😃
Not wax. It is mold release compound
Die lube.
Did u use a go pro to see this
Sometimes!
You don't grease the bolts! The bolts may come lose. You actually should use thread sealant on them.
bathroom caulk work?
my atv have same kind of bushing with grease pin 😂
Probably not made of rubber. Might be poly which isn't very common on cars 🚗
Great video but you got two things wrong, you definitely do lubricate the bushings and you don’t put that crap on the bolts.
good tips 😃
I job some job yesterday and same problem also haha
Nice 😃
Look for upgrade bracket thats thin af
You could. Just the bushing was bad though 😃
Dip these rubber parts in Brake. Oil (Dot4) for couple of hours.
Rubber life increases.
Grease & normal oil eats into rubber
I have never heard of that
@@EasyFixShaun Now sir, you have
You should make a video on that.
Aren’t the sway bar suppose to twist a bit?
Yup, they twist like a torsion bar. They are made of spring steel 😃🔧
Petroleum based grease is probably what you should use on the rubber bushings........
good tip 😃
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Death wobble, changed sway bar bushings, thought i was done. Nope, still goes into a wobble when i hit a bump or pothole...what else could it be??
You have bushings in your upper and lower control arms, but it sounds like maybe bump steer is your problem? My suggestion is to check ALL of your ball joints, which should typically be one upper, one lower and our outer tie rod end. Check your inner tie rod end as well, as that can directly affect your steering
What year make model and mileage do you have?
Put the hammer down
@@jorgemabarak7932 Thanks for the tips. I've tried to shake the wheels but nothing into caster-camber direction. There's a bit of click when shaking left-right, but seems close to pitman arm. Question is if there shouldn't be any play at all(?) I have a 4x4 with straight axle, fyi.
@@EasyFixShaun I have a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4.0L
I keep hearing clicking noise on my 2015 GL550 with 60k miles
Here is the full length video if needed czcams.com/video/0S8JBe_jn6g/video.html
Not true, I use silicone grease I have BRAND NEW cars that squeak and we get rid of it with silicone grease. Maybe on your one car this is what it did but its not always the case.
60% of the time it works all the time 👃🤣
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALL DRIED AND CRACKED UP LIKE THAT???
That is a thin coating of some sort of dry lube or wax from the oem manufacturer. It could be the release agent from forming the part in the mold. I didn't taste it so, I am not certain 😃🔧
You should also add that is a very cheap item
Yes! I should have. Extremely cheap by comparison to almost all repairs 😀🔧
It's not cheap if you can't find replacements in the country you're in 😅😭😭😭
@@MsWnDrLnD they've never been not available. What vehicle are you having difficulty with, send stone details and I'll check which others are the same
Sorry you are having trouble locating them. The dealership is usually the best parts and the best place to start because of that. Sometimes ebay or amazon works well here. Or rockauto.com. Do you have any of those options in Australia?
@Easy Fix oh my gosh. I didn't even think of the dealership! Thanks for the idea,turns out they have 2 left locally in my state :) but they are $40 AUD each which is crazy, but I always heard dealerships are expensive.
I have a 2003 Hyundai tiburon 2.0L
Hyundai did also give me a part number though, and I found a set of polyurethane ones matching the part number on ebay too!
They have a different measurement to what I read my sway bar measures on a forum, but I might take the gamble and hope if the part number is the same they should fit. But if not at least I can source them locally now, thank you so much that was actually a really helpful suggestion 😅
(Edit: I didn't think of the dealership because I was too busy getting frustrated googling/ebaying and amazon-ing 😅)
Guessing this car doesn’t use end links
If there are bushings, there should be end links, and vise versa. Sometimes they are hard to find though or hidden a little bit by other components 😀🔧
Those bolts never come out in Ohio😮 have seem people put screws in parallel to the bar to swell out bushings😂
Nice! I have been using the Bolt Buster with excellent results for rusted sway bar bolts 😃
I disagree rubber grease is the way to go especially after all the oil ect that will have leaked on them eventually.
What is rubber grease?
@@EasyFixShaun grease that is made for rubber…. Like brake grease is grease for brakes… did that seriously not click for you dude?
don't grease any sway bar bushings. You will be sorry you did.
@@EasyFixShaun how will I be sorry I did? Greased them, never had a problem
@@jorgemabarak7932 Usually they will make noise and need replacement to repair again. That has been my experience. I hope it works for you okay though.
To NON Americans Its An ! Anti Roll Bar .
😃 Yup
Bushings are supposed to get bushed
over time... 😳
😂
😂😂😂 omg dont lubricate screws like child.... give a new one and do it with oem nM
"Any lube is better than no lube", Gramps 😀
So dodge wants to charge me $800 to fix this! Wow
phew!
seriously not a big deal im not changing that bullhockey again even tho they were fine
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Grease and torque? Nope!
good tip! No grease needed. Torqued with very experienced fingers. A torque wrench would always be best though 😃
Pacman 😅