Hotchkis 22435R MX5 Rear Sport Sway Bar - Manual (Page 3)

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Remove the Front Sway Bar
It’s a tight fit where the front bar is, so it will take some patience removing the sway bar. To
ease removal, take off the bushings from the bar. It also helps raising the front of the vehicle
slightly allowing the suspension to droop to gain more clearance. It’s sort of a puzzle the way
the bar comes out, but rest assured, it does come out fairly easily. One of your goals when
tryin to get this darn thing out is to get the sway bar ends over the steering tie rods. Normally
the bar is behind the tie rods, but to get them out you need to flip the bar ends over to the
front. From that point you should be able to fish it out. Try to remember how the bar comes
out, for this will be the same procedure getting the new Hotchkis bar in. Note: Some of the
pictures below are of the Hotchkis bar. Pretend it’s the stock bar.