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Installing new anti-sway arm bushings

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Ed_K

Ed_K

Jedi Knight
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Hello all,

I thought replacing the 8 sway arm bushings with new prothane bushings would only take 30 minutes or so.
... Wait, this is an Austin Healey. What was I thinking ?

Is there a trick ( certain order ) to reinstalling the
rebushed bolts back into the holes in the spring pans ?

I have been jacking up under the spring pans and can almost get the nuts started on each end ... but not both ends :crazyeyes:

The anti sway bars are not mentioned in the shop manual or the Bentley manual. I may get lucky if I keep jacking up by the spring pans and then put another jack under the sway bar ends.

Any suggestions to make this easier or do I just need to keep thrashing away as is usually the case with a new to me Healey repair task ?

Any suggestions to make this easier would be appreciated .

Thanks,
Ed

:wall:
 
Are both wheels at the same height?

If you're just jacking one (1) side, you're doing it the hard way :wink:
 
I finally got everything assembled by releasing the center hold down clamps and then jacking up one side at a time under the spring pan. Jacking under the spring pan ( one side at a time )
allowed the angle of the spring pan to match up with the long bolt+ the new bushings in place . Once both sides were started,
I lowered the car and then the center hold down clamps would line up with the holes in the frame again.
:hammer:
.... You are right Randy. That was probably the hard way but as usual, I had to employ the " trial and error " method of car repair.

Ed
 
Ed_K said:
I finally got everything assembled by releasing the center hold down clamps and then jacking up one side at a time under the spring pan. Jacking under the spring pan ( one side at a time )
allowed the angle of the spring pan to match up with the long bolt+ the new bushings in place . Once both sides were started,
I lowered the car and then the center hold down clamps would line up with the holes in the frame again.
:hammer:
.... You are right Randy. That was probably the hard way but as usual, I had to employ the " trial and error " method of car repair.

Ed
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Actually, for any given task on a Healey, there is only the hard way; sometimes several choices of hard, but nonetheless :wink:
 
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