Wednesday, November 30, 2011

HOW DO I CHANGE ANTI ROLL BAR BRUSHES ON A MK4 GOLF?

The stock rear bar doesn't have bushings. The front sway bar has three bushings per side, 2 in the end link and one around the bar itself. The end link ones press out/in pretty easily using a bench vise. The ones around the bar are replaced by removing the metal bracket, and pulling the bushing off the bar. They are slit and go on and off easy.|||There are two very strong plastic links to the front which I doubt very much will be faulty.The problem will be the "D" bushes to the rear near the tunnels where the drive shafts emerge. Ideally you need the car sitting on axle stands placed at the jacking point. You need to then lift slightly the lower track control arms with a trolley jack and unfasten both front plastic anti roll bar links. Once both have been unfastened you can check and replace if needed. The two "D" bushes are held in place by a "U" shaped bracket. This is where it gets interesting. Once you have loosened them you can remove the bushes and do the replacement. The interesting bit is that the roll bar itself will possibly be corroded which is the reason the bushes failed. You need to sand down the bar and then treat with something like Hammerite rust killer and after that has cured paint with a black Hammerite paint. If you do not do this the bushes will fail very quickly. Rebuilding is the same as removal except that you will have to position things with the trolley jack as you are putting the "tension" back into the roll bar and it may be just a little tricky to get things lined up.

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