1983 LeBaron bushes - easy to fit?

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Hankman
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1983 LeBaron bushes - easy to fit?

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Hi.

Has anyone fitted these type of swaybar and control arm bushes on a K-body car? Are there any hints/tips?

The car was diagnosed by a respected local American car specialist however they're very popular with long wait times. Just wondering if a decent traditional mechanic can fit them without too much hassle? Many thanks 👍 💪
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1983 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible 2.6
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Re: 1983 LeBaron bushes - easy to fit?

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potentially lebaron 1 manual here or at least something
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https://en.chrysler-club.net/manuals.php?ddlb_model=4

must admit i thought these were totally different from the 1960- 76 type mopar set up, so what looks like A body strut rod bushes and upper arm bushes in your picture may well be sway bar bushes on one of the later cars

if it does indeed follow the earlier set up, and they are strut rod bushes and upper arm bushes both will involve a reasonable amount of work

upper arm off to do upper arm bushes, and you need the tool to fit them, Potentially a bolt tensioned fork and anvil splitter for the ball joint. not just a pickle fork style. you want to tension the joint with the bolt/fork/anvil and hit the steering knuckle eye it with a big hammer or similar.
or undo the nuts halfway and use the weight/spring of the suspension and hit the eye.

if those are strut rod bushes the lower arm needs to be free in order to get the rod out
so you are going to be undoing upper or lower ball joint anyway


on the other hand
have you got a front wheel drive lebaron? if so nothing i have said is useful if you have a raer wheel drive car it may be

you are at a cross over where some cars in the F M and similar bodies had torsion bars and rear wheel drive and some had the new front wheel drive configuration



Dave
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