Honda Sway Bar Bushing Replacement DIY 

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Excellent, no-nonsense, to the point video. Thanks for posting.

My fave tools for Hondas-those swivel head ratchets. Best tools to have for these vehicles!💚

Easy replacement using the flex ratchet.thanks for posting your DIY.

Thanks for the silicone paste reminder!!!

Thanks for sharing this video with us.

I like it a lot, it is a little stiffer than i'm used too but it is really quick and great on gas believe it or not. My wife has the RL and it rides so smooth!

Yay somebody with brains thank you sir for some reason my bushings are just completely gone 😂 lots of clunking and feels like your riding in a off-road buggy!! Very unstable at highway speeds

VERY NICE VIDEO!!!

Excellent 👍

My Honda Accord 210 makes rattling or thumping noise when goes through bumps. The car steering is very stable at any speed and there seems to be no problem with struts or ball-joint. Do you think it could be sway bar bushing? Are these sway bars both back and front? Because occasionally I seem to hear similar noise in the rear of the car too. BTW! Excellent video ... very much to the point.

This helped me a lot, especially your comment responses. I have a clunking going over bumps in my 02 MDX and I replaced the stabilizer links and it did not fix the clunking noise. I will try the bushings next. I am pretty sure that it will take care of it since the sound is exactly like the sound heard in your video when you remove the bushing and the bar hits the frame. Also, I had my son rock the MDX to make the clunking sound while I felt the suspension components. I could feel the clunking vibration in the lower stabilizer connection, so I think it must be the bar hitting the frame and transmitting the vibration to the lower end of the link.

Awesome, thanks!

I just came to the realization a few minutes ago that I think this is what's causing the clunking in my front end when hitting bumps. Everything else is firm, but I saw another video about checking play in the sway bar, so I went out and checked that, and sure enough, there was a bit of play in it that sounded exactly like what I was hearing. Nice to see one of your videos showing how to do the job :)

The more I loosen my bolts the tighter they get. I have both sides jacked up now and both wheels off (I've learned you have to have the anti roll bar level). Crazy. Simple job I thought.

Thank you!

Excellent!!! Thanks

Thanks boss

Did you jack both front tires off the ground to change the bushings?

How can I lower the subframe? Or at which points? I've been trying to do this for quite some time now... Thnxx

I hear clunking when I turn my steering wheel in low speed or even parked. Do you think replace bushings will fix it? Thanks!

Great job also why the silicone paste is it to install it easily

Is it possible to change bushings without loosening end links,mine are solid?

I'm doing the sway bar links and bushings tomorrow. I read that the car should be on the ground when torquing the links. Does the suspension also need to be under load before tightening the bushing brackets?

Would red rubber grease work in place of silicone paste?

Nice job, but in my pilot 2007 there is no room from above to put the swivel or regular rechet!! How to do that?

Are these the sway bar bushings at the front or at the rear? I was told by a service shop that the rattle from the back of my 08 Pilot was due to bad sway bar links. But they look ok to me, at least visually. So, want to check on the bushings too and diagnose the exact cause myself. In another video, accessing and replacing the bushings looked really hard, but this one seems very clear and doable. So, want to confirm the location. Thanks.

My Honda accord was making like an old door sound with no oil type, I changed the sway bars linked and it worked for a while, then I started to hear it again and just changed the bushings but the noise is still there, also i hear the sound while going on speed bumps and also it sounds more when there’s 2 ppl in thr front, you can also hear it as soon as you getnout the car, is like a sound an old door makes whenever you open it, it also sounds whenever you put weight i was pushing the hood down to test if it would sound and it did, is weird whenever it rains and I drive through puddles snd water goes inside under the car, thr sound stops for like 2 days then it comes back, what can this be?

I assume that using silicone grease like silglide is a fine substitute for the 3M silicone paste?

Do you think the end links are bad also or just do the sway bar bushings, I have the clunking and have replaced the motor mounts all (3) and transmission mount. I just bought the Sway bar bushings from Acura.

One of the bolts for my front sway bar bushing snapped! Can I drill it out from underneath by just removing the wishbone or does it need whole subframe removing?

Thanks for the video! I used your Amazon links to order the bushings and flexible ratchet. Super easy with that ratchet! However, I'm still getting the clunk sound. I replaced the bushings without undoing the top sway bar link. Was that a mistake? Does it all need to be done at once? If it doesn't matter, then is my next step to replace the tie rods?

What year of honda was this I have a honda 2017 thay I need to replace the bushing on I was wondering would I need to drop the supfram

Thank you sir! Wat was silicone paste for?

Looks easy. Thought you needed to drop the subframe to get access to the bolts.

Grease?

I see you have different and bigger calipers is this accord 8 th generation?

I tried this on my 2005 accord cl7 (same as Tsx). But on those you cannot reach the rear bolt, because it's hidden under the chassis. The only way I found, is to partially remove/lower the subframe, which is a real hassle if you don't have access to a car lift. I did replace both front tie rod end links, and no rattling sounds anymore.

How did you get your swaybar to move enough to get it out mine won’t budge

what size socket did you use? and will this work on 2012 accord?

One other question. I see that you cannot get a torque wrench in there. Just tighten until you can tighten no more?

Hello I just installed my new rear shocks but now I'm hearing weird noise from the shock whenever I put weight on the car I can hear a very light clunk. When driving I can hear it when I'm at a stop then accelerate or on very bad roads. It sounds as if the bump stop isnt put on properly but idk i double check everything .Car drives smooth on the highways. Could this be an end link? Bad sway bar bushings? I have aftermarket struts but used all the oem hardware like dust boot, bump stop, bushings etc... I checked all but the noise is mainly coming from the new shocks which is very weird.

Cool video for the hearing impaired. 😀 👍

Those bushing still looked good?

Did you remove the sway bar link or not on this job?

what is a bushing and what is the purpose of it

Is there 2014 honda accord video ?

Does anyone know if you can change out the sway bar without dropping subframe?

Good video... but you didn't show how to loose the whole sway bar. Thanks

My 97 honda civic is making a creak noise when stopped when i tilt play the steering wheel and in low speed on a stop and i changed shocks sway bar links upper and lower balljoints to tie rods and i get the annoying crrreeeeakkkk crrreeaaaaak noise still. What makes that noise?

I have changed everything but the bushings in my car. It gets really loud when it’s hot outside. Also if I have a passenger in the front. So I think I will order and change this also. It’s like a thump and it’s sounds terrible.

Do you need to get an alignment after completing this job?

Question what's the grease for?

i need to remove the whole sway bar. how do you remove the sway bar

how did know that they were bad?

How do I get that bolt in the back out

this is 2005 honda pilot?

Your old bushing look like good condition why you replaced it.

There is no need to lift the car for this repair correct? Just making sure 🙏

You use dioelectric grease on these rubber items too, What about a silicone spray for rubber? I try to keep certain items lubed up especially when cold out with spray to hopefully get more life out and zero sqeaks, beware if buying cars, Car sales will do this to all cars and you won't get any squeaks on lookup at used cars, its worth having a mechanic check out your vehicle that you might purchase at a chunk of change to spend the money before dropping $10K plus on used vehicle. Most say take your mechanic with you, well they can't check out a vehicle properly, I liked this video, no nonsense video, just right to it and showed what used, Silicone works great for rubber, I also use on door rubber seals just where thevdoor meets the metal and do both, the door and the rubber gasket on car, I use Silicone spray on your regular household sponge and clean them down and then add Silicone Spray to 1 sponge that I only use for Door seals only, my doors don't freeze up in winter time from the cold and end up with broken door handles, people pull until they break off, if getting cold out, I do every year just before winter. Don't need alot on but just enough to look wet.

don't need to remove Sway bar link????

those sway bar bushing looked ok but your lower control arm ball joint looked totally fried. Maybe thats your issue ?

Show them how it’s done bro I’ve seen videos people remove and sway bar links and drop in sub frame. It’s ridiculous how complicated they make it for learners to work on their own.