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Old 12-03-2009, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by cliffmac View Post
well, here's something...you mentioned that put new sway bar bushings in? Did you properly lubricate and pre-load these bushings? That could cause this...
We put dish washer soap on the bushings. What means pre-loading the bushings?

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Originally Posted by cliffmac View Post
actually, the more I examine this thread, the more it seems that it's the sway bar bushings, as you been in there anyway...I'd look there first...I've seen this before in other German automobiles...these bushings are very tempermental to install....they do alot of work and don't like to be screwed with....if you do it incorrectly (the replacement) it will come back and raise some hell...if it were something like the brakes it would become more than apparent by now, same with wheel lugs and rim balancing and stuff like that there...no, this sounds like sway bar stuff to me...good luck
Yes, it was a hard job to mount the bushings and the sway bar. We did the best we could, maybe not good enough. I gonna check it. Thanks for the info.
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