i really should look at my haynes manual but working with the rear sway the steel clamp band is what goes around the bushing, and is the thing bolted to the chassis keeping the sway in place.
now i havent seen my front sways (at least not enough to have a mental picture), but im assuming its a similar setup. Maybe there are more than two bushings for the front sway? Make sure to get some synthetic grease for the bushings too, otherwise u'll be hearing a whole world of noise going over bumps.
my money is on the mount.
whats making sounds is probably your strut mounts. I've had all the stuff inspected and things replaced, all except for my mounts. my mechanic suspects those to be whats causing the noise in my car...but its not loud enough to bother me over my music so im going to let it go for the time being.
replacing the endlinks are expensive...something like 70 a pop. I've had to replace one because a the bushing on it ripped. its not necessary to replace it if its not broken.
now i havent seen my front sways (at least not enough to have a mental picture), but im assuming its a similar setup. Maybe there are more than two bushings for the front sway? Make sure to get some synthetic grease for the bushings too, otherwise u'll be hearing a whole world of noise going over bumps.
my money is on the mount.
whats making sounds is probably your strut mounts. I've had all the stuff inspected and things replaced, all except for my mounts. my mechanic suspects those to be whats causing the noise in my car...but its not loud enough to bother me over my music so im going to let it go for the time being.
replacing the endlinks are expensive...something like 70 a pop. I've had to replace one because a the bushing on it ripped. its not necessary to replace it if its not broken.
