Sway bar bushes / oil cooler in the way
Hi All
Just looking to change the sway bar / anti roll bar bushes on my 2010 5.0 Supersport and on the left hand bush the ATF cooler appears to be in the way of one of the bolts but I can't see how to unbolt the oil cooler to move it - any hints from someone who has done this job would be gratefully recieved!
My service manual only covers the 3.0d and it shows two easily accessible bolts on the top of the oil cooler!
Just looking to change the sway bar / anti roll bar bushes on my 2010 5.0 Supersport and on the left hand bush the ATF cooler appears to be in the way of one of the bolts but I can't see how to unbolt the oil cooler to move it - any hints from someone who has done this job would be gratefully recieved!
My service manual only covers the 3.0d and it shows two easily accessible bolts on the top of the oil cooler!
Last edited by davidedney123; Jan 16, 2024 at 11:37 AM.
I recently changed the bushes on my 2013 5.0 SC. I cant remember the exact steps but I needed to remove the bolts from the oil cooler to move it enough to get to the left hand sway bar bolts. I did it on my lift which made life much easier but was not too hard apart from needing to use a few different tools on each bolt. Used a combination of normal spanners and flexible ratchet spanners plus flexible ratchets.
Ditto, and it wasn't too terribly difficult. IIRC I removed the driver side wheel well liner, under-tray and that made it easier than just from the top; for one of the 2 bolts that secure the bracket that the bushing is in. But as gt40 said, un-bolt the one bolt that secures the trans cooler & slide it out of the way without having to disconnect the lines to access the bracket bolt.
Thanks all - found it in the end.
Bolts are being an absolute swine to get back in, one went in smoothly but the other three are tight as anything presumably from compressing the fat new bush. Haven't cross threaded a bolt in years, so hopefully I've not ruined three captive nuts!
Bolts are being an absolute swine to get back in, one went in smoothly but the other three are tight as anything presumably from compressing the fat new bush. Haven't cross threaded a bolt in years, so hopefully I've not ruined three captive nuts!
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