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68Cbarge wrote ... Shown here is the replacement stru bar already installed and the link kit for the sway bar. Everything got cleaned up.The strut bars and clamps will be left unpainted.
I really shouold have checked some of my old pics. I have the sway bar in upside down.....
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Oh good. Well, not good for you, but reassuring to me, as I was looking at the sway bar in the pictures I took after the suspension was rebuilt on my Plymouth and wondering if I was crazy for thinking yours looked upside down. But, fortunately, standing on my head made the problem go away.
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Finally got the correct outer tie rods and continued working on the car today. Left side installed..Note the upper control arm is removed-more on that later.
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I then focused on the right side. It was not an easy task and fought to come apart all the way. The torsion bar anchor bolt was siezed and would not relieve tension from the bar. So,supporting the lower control arm,detaching the shock and the nut on the front of the strut bar,I had no choice but break the upper ball joint....
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The torsion bar still had some tension and the car jumped a few good inches--enough to lift the car off the axle stands until I lowered the jack under the control arm.
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In this pic,I already removed the upper control arm and spindle,then released the tension off the torsion bar buy pulling down the lower control arm. The torsion bar slid out no problem.
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But the control arm bushing was shot and all I was doing was spinning the shaft inside the control arm. After an hour fighting with it,I managed to pull the control arm off the car--but the shaft was still jammed tight inside the frame...