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Old 12-01-2012, 08:32 PM
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its getting closer

After replacing the sway bar bushings today (my last suspension piece to replace whoo hoo) I decided to inspect the LCA eccentric bolts and found that a few were clocked further than they were with the old LCA's. I loosened these and readjusted back to the "before" state. Hand tightened everything and bobbed the front end a few times. Then when fully loaded I tightened everything up and was back down to 15.25 in. a whole 3/4 lower.

A test drive did not reveal any change in alignment, but given that I mess with the eccentrics and the ride height changed I'm thinking of taking it back to the shop for a re-check, hopefully I'll be fine until I get it there...

On another note:
I noticed that the sway bar bushings have this rubber nibs or bumps cast into the rubber, The old bushes have 4 bumps on all of them, and my new ones only have 2 bumps. What is the purpose for these bumps? Is it about stiffness? Any ideas
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