Wow I'm glad somebody said it instead of worrying if the bushing is the right part. Christ on a cracker, OP please take pics of the sway bar brackets both and the mounts. Something for tweaked and pulled the sway bar back. Those brackets are bolted tight. That bracket is stretched.

 

First, thank you for all the responses. To answer one of the questions, yes, both brackets and bushings fit like a glove when I installed them. As you can see in the pictures the passenger-side bushing and bracket are good to go as is the drivers-side sway bar link. You will also notice the passenger-side sway bar link appears to be closer to the coil than the drivers-side.

passenger-side


passenger-side


drivers-side

everything lines up perfectly…or so it appears. Thanks again for the advice/suggestions.

 

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My suggestion. Buy new brackets and bushings. I know sucks cause you just did the bushings. Buy both not just one side. Drop old brackets and leave disconnected. Wiggle jeep all around and make it shake. Measure from the coil bucket on each side to a similar point at the front of the jeep and see if it the same. Just wanna make sure axle didn't get tweaked. After this, install new bracket and bushings. If they line up in existing holes and axle is ok, the sway bar brackets should return to original distance from coils. After this, bring to a reputable shop for alignment. They have fun with jeep again

 

Thank you, that's great advice and makes total sense. I was going to just remove the sway bar but have read it's a good idea to leave it installed if it's a DD. As soon as this Nor'easter clears out I will get on it. Updates to follow...

 

Lol, if you want just get jks quick discos now since you got to work on them. I leave my sway bar off during the summer and come fall it comes on and off and now its on due to the winds and rain.

 

I don't know how I missed this but when I went to drop the sway bar as suggested I noticed the drivers side LCA bracket was let's just say...a bit out of alignment…to put it lightly. Am I screwed or will some heat and a BFH get her back in line?

drivers side

passenger side

 

No. At the point I would no longer trust that LCA mount. Especially after heating it. Did she also hit a curb really hard or something? It's odd that this damage is on the drivers side but it was hit on the passenger side.

You can buy new 1/4" LCA mounts. Cut the old ones off and weld new ones on.

 

http://www.artecindustries.com/Dana-...air_p_372.html

 

Thank you for the fast response, I will just consider this as one more upgrade…gotta stay positive. I believe I caused the damage when I was wheelin' a week prior to the accident.

 

Yup why range said. And that also explains the messed up sway bar. The axle is tweaked. But yea those can be cut off and new ones done on back. Happy you found that

 

That makes sense. It's pretty common to see these bent on the trail.

 

This has me very unsure of the alignment shops skills. They did not notice any of that while making the slight adjustments? Also they were able to align it with a minor adjustment?

Max

 

me too, debating whether or not to go back and say WTF, be more diplomatic and hope to get a free alignment out of it and/or find another shop. New Artec mounts ordered, thanks for the link.

 

I do all my alignments in the driveway with a tape measure. I'm pretty confident that I do just as good of a job that way as most shops care to do. At least I care how the finished product comes out and I'll go as far as adjusting caster.