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aj2burrows
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 Posted - 12 Jan 2008 : 4:15:27 PM
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Hi
I just got my VN serviced and I need to change the rear sway bar bushes and the z bar bushes. Just wondering if anyone can help me with what each of these are and where they are located and also where I can pick up some new ones from.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
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nodg
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Posted - 13 Jan 2008 : 07:32:41 AM
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| the front z bars are in front of the strut, its a rod with 4 bush's connecting the swaybar to the strut itself, on the rear is pretty much the same, if you stick your head up under the rear bumper bar you will see them, now to change them over you will need a set of multigrips, and by memory its a 14-15 mm spanner? use the multigrips to stop the rod from spinning when you undo the nut..... you may also need a lever bar to reinstall them as they can be stubborn sometimes! |
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aj2burrows
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Posted - 13 Jan 2008 : 5:05:40 PM
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Thank you very much for that nodg, some of the names they give the parts are weird and they dont explain them in the book I have so that is much appreciated.
I'm go and get some bushes and give it a go now. |
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nodg
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Posted - 13 Jan 2008 : 7:20:22 PM
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| just make sure you dont tighten the nuts up too tight, just until the bush's start to squash.... |
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jas89
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Posted - 13 Jan 2008 : 8:01:02 PM
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| the front z bars are also known as radious rod rubbers....and a hell lot more names aswell lol |
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nodg
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Posted - 13 Jan 2008 : 9:09:29 PM
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| as well as caster bars, link rods, 'rod thingyies' :p |
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Nodg. |
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jas89
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Posted - 13 Jan 2008 : 10:03:13 PM
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| lol tooo mnay names for my likeings....when i went to buy them im like can i have a price on some radious rod bushes and they looked at me lik wtf are radious rod bushes, after a while of explaining there like ahhh u mean z bar bushes...so the next place i go i ask if i can have a price on z bar bushes and there like wtf are those......this time they call em radious rod bushes lol hahahaha |
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nodg
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Posted - 14 Jan 2008 : 10:54:52 AM
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| z-bars are the aftermarket rods only but the technical terms mechanics use is link rod or caster bar, they were originally called caster bars but then moved to link rods |
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jas89
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Posted - 14 Jan 2008 : 11:15:10 AM
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ah ok....learn new things every day lol
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