Well, I finally got around to replacing the front sway bar bushings. The passenger side was easy. Removed the battery, windshield washer bottle and battery tray. Installation was easy too. The driver side was another story. I was determined not to remove the brake booster or anything else for that matter other than the fuse box. I didn’t disconnect any of the wires going into the fuse box or out of it. However I disconnected the two rubber grommets on the side of the fuse box and the rubber bellow at the end of the box where all the wires enter the box. In retrospect, I probably shouldn’t have disconnected the bellow as it was a pain trying to reconnect it. I didn’t remove the plastic cap next to the bushing, just pushed it aside. Getting to the cover wasn’t too hard after pushing aside the fuse box. I used a 9 inch wobble extension to get to the two nuts holding the bushing cover. The cover was stuck to the bushing. Bouncing the car a few times released the cover from the bushing and the bushing from the body. Removing the bushing was a pain. Having large hands is a definite disadvantage here. After a couple of hours of pushing, pulling, rotating, spraying silicon lubricant and swearing, the bushing gave up and came out. Remember how the bushing came out as that’s the only way the new one will go in. A lot of leafs and dirt accumulate down there where it is nearly impossible to reach without removing a lot of wires, tubes and pipes so I vacuumed them out then thoroughly cleaned the sway bar and the bushing area. I used silicon grease to lubricate the bushing, sway bar and the bushing depression. Installed the bushing by placing the slit against the sway bar with one hand while separating the slit with a flat head screw driver with the other hand reaching through the opening in the wheel well. The bushing slid over and under the sway bar with moderate pressure. Be prepared to have swollen hands as a result of this operation. Again with smaller hands the work would have been easier and probably less painful. At the end of the day, the outcome is well worth the effort, swollen hands and all. The car now takes turns with much less lean especially right turns. Thank you Haasman for your suggestion.

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Riadh
'89 560SL Rauchsilber
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