Sway Bar Bushing Fitment - Is This Normal?

[Rick Bollinger]

What about taking a quarter inch off the bottom of the bushing with a band saw?

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Rick Bollinger

What about taking a quarter inch off the bottom of the bushing with a band saw?

Yeah, that sounds like a good plan

[ThreeQuarter]

Here’s what poly bushings look like when they’re compressed with the same size bracket as you have. You sure they need to be cut down? The need to compress them might be a feature rather than a bug. You are dealing with torsion stress on a 1-1/16” steel bar, after all—I would expect some tight clamping to deal with that.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by ThreeQuarter

Here’s what poly bushings look like when they’re compressed with the same size bracket as you have. You sure they need to be cut down? The need to compress them might be a feature rather than a bug. You are dealing with torsion stress on a 1-1/16” steel bar, after all—I would expect some tight clamping to deal with that.

I would expect rubber to be more squishy than urethane, so maybe my bushings are just fine how they are. I'll give it a try later.