There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my leaf
springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these
because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose from
the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need a
pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.

Thanks

 

On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
on the jeep all it does is bounce.

nvrpc wrote:
> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
leaf
> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these

> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
from
> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
a
> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>
> Thanks

 

On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
on the jeep all it does is bounce.

nvrpc wrote:
> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
leaf
> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these

> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
from
> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
a
> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>
> Thanks

 

On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
on the jeep all it does is bounce.

nvrpc wrote:
> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
leaf
> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these

> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
from
> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
a
> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>
> Thanks

 

On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
on the jeep all it does is bounce.

nvrpc wrote:
> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
leaf
> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these

> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
from
> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
a
> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>
> Thanks

 

Did you have to buy two new bolts before doing this job or were you able to
salvage the old ones. Please advise before I start the job.

Thanks

"Scotty" <ssargent@onewest.net> wrote in message
news:1115216474.424427.120330@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
> workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
> right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
> and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
> on the jeep all it does is bounce.
>
> nvrpc wrote:
>> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
> leaf
>> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these
>
>> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
> from
>> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
> a
>> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks
>

 

Did you have to buy two new bolts before doing this job or were you able to
salvage the old ones. Please advise before I start the job.

Thanks

"Scotty" <ssargent@onewest.net> wrote in message
news:1115216474.424427.120330@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
> workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
> right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
> and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
> on the jeep all it does is bounce.
>
> nvrpc wrote:
>> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
> leaf
>> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these
>
>> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
> from
>> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
> a
>> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks
>

 

Did you have to buy two new bolts before doing this job or were you able to
salvage the old ones. Please advise before I start the job.

Thanks

"Scotty" <ssargent@onewest.net> wrote in message
news:1115216474.424427.120330@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
> workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
> right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
> and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
> on the jeep all it does is bounce.
>
> nvrpc wrote:
>> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
> leaf
>> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these
>
>> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
> from
>> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
> a
>> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks
>

 

Did you have to buy two new bolts before doing this job or were you able to
salvage the old ones. Please advise before I start the job.

Thanks

"Scotty" <ssargent@onewest.net> wrote in message
news:1115216474.424427.120330@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> On my '98 I had to remove the sway bar and place it on the solid
> workbench. Two hard whacks with the hammer and the sway bar links came
> right out. I guess you could also secure the swaybar in a shop vise
> and whack the links out. If you try to whack them out with the swaybar
> on the jeep all it does is bounce.
>
> nvrpc wrote:
>> There are two bars that are attached between the anti-sway bar and my
> leaf
>> springs on the front of my 1988 Jeep. I want to replace both of these
>
>> because the bushing are worn out. When I tried to get the bolts loose
> from
>> the anti-sway bar, even a hammer could not free this piece. Do I need
> a
>> pneumatic pickle fork to get this job done. Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks
>