FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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Rear

Inspect the stabilizer bar for damage or bending. Inspect for broken or distorted stabilizer bar bushings, bushing retainers, and worn or damaged stabilizer bar to strut attaching links. If stabilizer bar to rear frame rail bushing replacement is required, bushings can be removed from sway bar by bending back the tabs securing the retainer halves together, removing the metal retainer halves, opening the bushing slit, and peeling the bushing off sway bar. On reassembly, bending the retainer tabs back into place is optional, as long as the attaching bolts to the frame rail are properly tightened.