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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 11:56 AM
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so I replaced the bold and bushings on each side,, but it looks like the is allot of play in between bushings? Is this correct,, or is it a nice snug, tight fit??

a little more info,, I bought the set at Autozone, and this is on my 2001 ZR2
 
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It should be snug. The bolts should be tightened down until the bushings just start to squish/bulge. Don't over tighten them or the bushings will split. You want it to be just snug.
 
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Do you have a picture?
 
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Do you have a picture?
Ya...give us a pic!
 
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These aren't my pictures, because I don't want to go crawl in the snow to take any of mine. They're from this thread. For some reason his bolt is too long, but it should give you a visual of what the bushings should look like. Once they just barely start to bulge on the sides stop tightening.




***EDIT***

I knew Rexmburns had pictures somewhere but I gave up too soon. Here's a link to his build thread where he did a quick disconnect on his sway bar, and you can see the urethane bushings tightened down. Hope he doesn't mind my borrowing his pictures!

Originally Posted by rexmburns
Well I managed to get some quick disconnects made for the front sway bar. I still have to make something to hold it out of the way when disconnected but my factory bushings and bolts were shot so I figured I would go ahead and make these instead just replacing them with regular bolts and washers.
Heres some pics if you have questions ask
Compared to the old that I had to cut off!



And installed
 
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