91 240 rear suspension bushing replacement help

yosef7 · Post by **yosef7** » 27 Nov 2014, 09:22

I have to replace bushings on the rear suspension. Do I need a press to do this? The pan rod from axle to cross-member as well as the Anti roll bar. pan rod bushings are bad. Any suggestions on type of bushings to use would be appreciated. (poly or non poly)

Post by **mtd240** » 27 Nov 2014, 09:39

You will need a press, or you can burn out the rubber, use a sawzall to cut a slot in the outer bushing shell, and drop it out. Installing a new rubber bushing will require a press (could use one of the control arm bushing presses you can rent for free at advance auto). Installing poly can be done with hand pressure (usually).

By "anti-roll bar", do you mean the torque rods? There are two of them, with four bushings total. There are no bushings for the rear sway bar.

I recommend poly for panhard and torque rod bushings. Use SuperPro. IPD is having a sale this weekend - 15% off I believe. Do that.

yosef7 · Post by **yosef7** » 27 Nov 2014, 10:18

Great. I will rent the press. IPD for the sale. Thank you for the info.

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 27 Nov 2014, 12:08

yosef7 wrote:Do I need a press to do this?

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