Originally Posted by H20boy

While doing some general repairs with the car -> new idler pulley, belt tensioner w/ pulley (both DIY), and the power steering fluid leak by my local indy shop...I figured I'd drop another $10 a piece for some new sway bar bushings. This I also attempted myself.

Many XJ threads lately have caused me to consider my 'clunking' that i've heard over slow bumps to be attributed to worn sway bar bushings. What I found was shown in the pic below...



The bush on the RIGHT was the driver side bushing, LEFT was the passenger side. Excessive deterioration on the passenger side bush was obviously caused by the leaking power steering fluid; it was everywhere around the area, and must've been leaking for over a year...slowly.



Here is a step by step guide in case anyone else wants to try.

The passenger side took 1 hour, the driver side 2 hours = 3 hours total. I can't believe how tight it was to get the bolts and brackets off on the driver side...absolutely NO ROOM. I had to use a small (4-inch long) 10mm spanner wrench to get the bolts off. But, I saved myself $300 labor...easy. Brutal will probably come on here and tell me he does these every day in less than a 1/2 each! lol, or I could have done it an easier way.

Originally Posted by H20boy

I noticed this was still getting some views and responses, so I revised the original post to include instruction to lower the car before fully tightening the sway bar bracket to allow it to rotate to its proper position w/o binding in the bushing.

bigvette, for your car, I'd get them from MotorcarsLTD, once a sponsor of this forum, and fast to deliver w/o crazy shipping prices. $8.25 ea, $5.75 USPS shipping -> part no. MJA2102CE