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Is there a trick to putting in the stabiliser rubbers?

First I tried putting the rubbers on the stabiliser and into the bracket and bolting up. No dice. The rubbers seem too big to enable lining up the bolt hole.

Then I tried putting the bracket on (not tight) and pushing the rubber through. No dice.



Suggestions welcome...

Stewart

I would think you would put the rubber in with the bar and then bolt it up , seems everything you get for this car doesn't quite fit .
Do you need a longer bolt? Trev .

It seemed a pretty straightforward job to me but after an hour of stuffing around...

seems everything you get for this car doesn't quite fit

...I'd say its me...

I went through a similar problem with my outrigger rubber when I first got my Fb on the road.
The new one that I bought just didn't fit, it was the wrong profile and no where close to the original in shape
So I had to source a new old stock one

Bush mechanic practice #43:
a) Rubber on the stabiliser
b) (Stabiliser + rubber) into the clamp
c) Floor jack under the clamp and use the weight of the vehicle to compress the rubber.

Cheers,
Harv.

Thanks Rob. I''ve heard that outigger rubbers can vary. Mine went in really easy. I'm tempted to get the stanly knife and cut the rubber down a bit but would rather not. NOS is a good suggestion.

Andrew - Yep have placed stabiliser and rubber into clamp and used the trolley jack to compress the rubber. I'll have another go tonight with a bit more a 'clear head'...

Stewart, you've probalby over-come this issue since this morning's post.
These can be a pain in the tail-gate end to install.

I noticed with mine that they just didn't want to sit in the groove of the rubber holder.... I coated both the bar and mount faces with rubber grease prior to assembly.
What I also now find that it is much easier to bolt these back up when the stabliliser bar is connected to the wishbones with the links. I don't know why, but the connected assembly seems to offer the bar mounts up to the sub-frame easier than by fitting the bar to the frame and then making the wish-bone connections.....

frats,
Rosco

Thanks Rosco.

I coated both the bar and mount faces with rubber grease prior to assembly

Great minds think alike... I did exactly that yesterday afternoon. I pushed one side in easily enough. The other side I ended up using the trolley jack to help line up the bolt hole.

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. Won't be long till Old Timer has all four 'feet' back on the ground...