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Old 07-09-2012, 04:27 AM   #16
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I just replaced both brackets and all the bushings on my car, you can get the brackets themselves from pelicanparts for $21 each IIRC
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Old 07-02-2013, 06:27 AM   #17
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This an amazing thread. I need to do all this to the right sway bar support/mount which has rusted and cracked. What bolts are used to hold the clamp to the support. Size and grade please? These are not listed in Pelican Parts. Did you mount the clamp to the support/mount with a bushing in it and hold this assembly up into place to get it in alignment before tacking the mount/support to the frame with a couple of small welds?
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After a couple of tack welds I would remove the bushing clamp and do a proper weld of the support to the frame to prevent damage to the bushing. Any worries about heating the frame too much?
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Old 07-02-2013, 10:37 PM   #19
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And how do you get new rubber or urethane bushings on the Sway Bar over the big tabs on the ends of the sway bar? Thanks!
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Old 07-03-2013, 07:03 AM   #20
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I see looking at pictures of the bushings that they split to go around the sway bar. Also that the mount should have a stud coming out of it and a nut holds the bracket/clamp over the bushing.
I do not see the weld on mounts in RealOem. They are in PelicanParts but it would be nice to get them at my local dealer and be able to show what I mean with a picture. Anyone else see them in real oem?
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Old 07-03-2013, 08:20 PM   #21
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Item 7
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...43&hg=41&fg=10
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Old 07-04-2013, 07:40 PM   #22
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You can also cut out the old weld a box patch over the gap and bolt a aftermarket sway bar support on there that wont rust...

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Old 07-13-2013, 08:47 PM   #23
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Default sliding bushings over swaybars??

i thought i had answered my own question about this but i think the bushings are not in fact split and have to be slid over and along the sway bars to the correct position. The urethane PowerFlex bushings certainly appear to this way. Can anyone tell me how getting bushings on the sway bars is achieved please? The tabs on the ends of the sway bar look like major obstacles to this fitment issue.
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Old 07-19-2013, 07:12 PM   #24
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Default And use greatstuff...

This seems like a kind of 5hitty design to me.
The original and the replacement brackets have openings on both sides of the frame of just a few mm, but enough to collect and fill w/ debris and lead to corrosion and then failure. It is real common problem here in the rust belt.
I had a local body shop replace the supports for me and then I filled them w/ greatstuff (the expanding foam) to prevent 5hit from collecting in there, and finally swapped in the 26mm front bar and poly bushings.
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Mine just fell out. Ordered the new support piece to weld in.


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Old 07-28-2014, 12:07 AM   #26
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I spent way too many hours yesterday tearing out the old mounts on my daughter's Ti. I've got about 10% of the right-hand mount left, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it out without removing the AC compressor; the pulley is too close to the edge of the bracket to get much for tools in there for removal. Anybody have any tips on getting the job on that side?
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Old 01-25-2015, 03:10 AM   #27
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been drifting in the snow too much and didn't realized how rusty they were and today, i took it for an hour drive to a town and heard some clunking noise from the right front ...............and was like wtf? jumped on my front end and it wasn't the strut so when i got home, i took a look at it and the sway bar mounts were rusty and the right one broke..only holding on one nut.

So yeah! going to order these in a min or two from :

http://parts.bmwofsouthatlanta.com/


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