Front sway bushing bolts - I’m special

[sw2low]

I must be slow or something. Front sway bushings seem too easy to remove since there are convienent holes in the subframe to get to the nuts. Except none of the nuts move even with a breaker bar. So i stopped.

Are the nuts tacked on and supposed to remove the bolts from the top? How does anyone get to these with the rack and trans in the way??

Thanks guys.
-RuD

 

[skurtov]

You have to drop the ****ing subframe.... They bolt in from the top. I was lucky that i tackled them when I swapped a transmission

 

[sw2low]

Gross. Thanks for the info.

 

[mja]

lmao. This does suck. I added new sway bushings on my Focus without dropping the subframe, although the shop manual says to drop it. Bad idea. Took twice as long with no-look tool fitting in tight places.

 

[wasteoffilm]

It is possible to change the bushings on these cars without dropping the subframe, but it is a pain. I did it like two years ago, and installed an Energy Suspension poly set.

I remember the rearward bolts contacting the floor panel, and lots of short swings of a wrench. I likely did it with the sway bar links disconnected, to allow shifting of the bar to retrieve the bolts.

Subframe removal is only required to remove the bar itself.

 

[Dingleberry69]

It is possible to change the bushings on these cars without dropping the subframe, but it is a pain. I did it like two years ago, and installed an Energy Suspension poly set.

I remember the rearward bolts contacting the floor panel, and lots of short swings of a wrench. I likely did it with the sway bar links disconnected, to allow shifting of the bar to retrieve the bolts.

Subframe removal is only required to remove the bar itself.

Just curious which energy suspension part numbers you installed, greasable or non?