replacing sway bar bushings

[dawn_and_darrian]

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I posted this on my website asking for advice.  Please view thread and let me know what you guys think:
http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=986
Matt Timion

[zinc2u]

Hi Matt,
   I looked at your pic and the bushing looks like an original Honda part.  I thought those were made of a silicone rubber?  If you are going to slit the bushing, you might want to contact the tech support at Loctite and ask them what adhesive would work and would be water-resistant.  If you were to use super glue,  it would work temporarily but water would break the bond eventually.
    Years ago I used a Loctite adhesive to resize a neoprene o-ring which was a bit too large.  It worked great.
Dale

> I posted this on my website asking for
> advice.  Please view thread and let me know what you guys > think:

[Steve]

The original sway bar rubbers are slit on the back and were never
glued together. The replacements you get from Bill C. have to be
sliced on the flat back side with a razor blade. Even if you were to
pull the sway bar out of the lower control arms you still could not
stretch the rubber over the end.
They are easy to replace, simply remove the 2 bolts and lower the sway
bar. Clean away the melted rubber and slit the new bushings. Install
new bushings. To ease installation, soap the new bushings and force
the brackets back home by clamping on vice grips on each side.
reinstall the bolts and you are done. I have done hundreds of 600's
this way.
By the way, it was only the sedan's whose sway bar rubbers melted
away. I have never seen a coupe with melted bushings, I have seen
distorted and scuffed but never melted.

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> MessageI posted this on my website asking for advice. Please view
thread and let me know what you guys think:
http://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=986
> Matt Timion

[dawn_and_darrian]

Thanks Miles... any idea on how to prevent these bushings from melting in
the future?
Do i need to put grease between the bushing and the sway bar?
Bill, where did these bushings come from in the event I need more in the
future?
Matt Timion

[friend]

Hi Dale;
    The original ones were 80 shore natural rubber.  But later the QC went by the side and some you could squish with your hands into a ball.
     Melt on the vehicle, heck, they melted on the shelf.
    Bill

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> Hi Matt,
>    I looked at your pic and the bushing looks like an original > Honda part.  I thought those were made of a silicone rubber?  If you > are going to slit the bushing, you might want to contact the tech support at > Loctite and ask them what adhesive would work and would be > water-resistant.  If you were to use super glue,  it would work > temporarily but water would break the bond eventually.
>     Years ago I used a Loctite adhesive to resize a
> neoprene o-ring which was a bit too large.  It worked great.
> Dale
> > I posted this on my website asking for advice.
> > Please view thread and let me know what you guys
> > think:

[friend]

Hi Matt;
Do you mean to say that I didn't cut the back side of the bushing before
sending it to you? I apologize, It was my mistake. Miles is correct, cut
the back in the middle across the long way. As to where I get them, I have
them made. And everyone is no more than a few months old by the time you
get them. If you want more, just ask. I have had some come to me that were
the same as the ones honda had made up. They needed to be heated up to 350
degrees for about a half hour (a home oven works great) Just don't let the
lady of the house catch you. I have the end sway bar bushings for the early
(before April 1971) and the later (larger) ones.
Bill