Miata Mailing List: February 1997, Message #71
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Subject: Re: JR Sway Bar Install

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>Front Bars: About three hours. Those of you without power steering or

>ABS can probably do this job in half the time. For me, hoses for these

>things got in the way and their mounting brackets had to be undone. 

>Either way, I think you still have to drain the radiator and remove the

>lower hose to allow the bars to come out and go in. It might be different

>if the car was on a a lift or stands instead of ramps. It might then be

>possible to turn the front wheels and wiggle out the bars? 



Three hours, and you drained the radiator?  Wow.  Did you go in through the

top of the engine compartment>  All you need to do is remove the plastic

shroud under the engine, and the bar is easily accessible without having to

mess around with hoses, etc.  A simple job that should take an hour or so,

and the most anoying part of that is removing the millions of bolts that

hold that shroud on.



At least you got a coolant change out of it - but folks, don't get worried

about having to drain your rads.  I've done sway bar installs on cars with

PS but not ABS, and there was nothing like this.  I don't think the ABS has

enough wiring down there to cause a problem, either.



Keith and Baby, who was a painless install

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