2000 XJ Sway Bar Bushing Question
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2000 XJ Sway Bar Bushing Question
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The front sway bar bushings on my XJ are shot, and as I have found out, you need to know the diameter of the bar in order to get the correct bushing (24mm, 26mm, or 28mm). I don't have a caliper, so in order to get the bar diameter, I did a hack job of putting a C clamp on the bar, and then measuring the gap. It looked like I needed the 24mm bushings. Bought these, snapped them around the bar, and the two halves were nowhere near touching....maybe a half inch space between the halves. There was no way the bushing bracket would work over these.
I return these and pick up the 26mm. Snap these on the bar, and again, the halves aren't touching....maybe 1/8th inch or so gap. In my head, I imagined that the right sized bushing would close completely around the bar and fit snugly. It seemed like these too were too small, so I brought them back in (thank god this was all done in the Advance parking lot) for the 28mm ones. These fit completely around the bar, but with a gap of a couple mm between the bar and bushing. Obviously too big.
This is a longwinded approach to my question: Should the right sized bushing have a little gap between the halves befor the bar mount squeezes it together (1/8th inch-ish?) I'm pretty sure my bar is 26mm but when it looked like that 26mm bushing was too small, I was confused. Thanks!
The front sway bar bushings on my XJ are shot, and as I have found out, you need to know the diameter of the bar in order to get the correct bushing (24mm, 26mm, or 28mm). I don't have a caliper, so in order to get the bar diameter, I did a hack job of putting a C clamp on the bar, and then measuring the gap. It looked like I needed the 24mm bushings. Bought these, snapped them around the bar, and the two halves were nowhere near touching....maybe a half inch space between the halves. There was no way the bushing bracket would work over these.
I return these and pick up the 26mm. Snap these on the bar, and again, the halves aren't touching....maybe 1/8th inch or so gap. In my head, I imagined that the right sized bushing would close completely around the bar and fit snugly. It seemed like these too were too small, so I brought them back in (thank god this was all done in the Advance parking lot) for the 28mm ones. These fit completely around the bar, but with a gap of a couple mm between the bar and bushing. Obviously too big.
This is a longwinded approach to my question: Should the right sized bushing have a little gap between the halves befor the bar mount squeezes it together (1/8th inch-ish?) I'm pretty sure my bar is 26mm but when it looked like that 26mm bushing was too small, I was confused. Thanks!
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1/8"ish is okay, to answer your question.
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