I took the air filter housing off along with the battery this morning to get to the problem area. With the battery out, the sqeek is still most intense in this area (borrowing the picture) - but on the passenger side.

Noticed that this bushing is split so it looks like installing it should involve just taking off the bracket that holds it in place and 'wrapping' the bushing around the torsion bar?! hopefully no surprises there especially with the tension on the bar... not sure how that will playout but I'm sure I'll find out... Any other tips would be appreciated.

I guess, how do I take the tension off that bar - I'm assuming it's under tension while the wheels are on the ground... if I were to jack up both sides of the car and have the wheels just 'hanging' - would that relieve the tension or no?!

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