Thanx guys , I'm out with the wife on a date. This is rare with 3 kids under 6 :/ . When I get home I'm going to straighten the sway bar ( I can see it closer to the LCA then the other ) I also bought new bushings for everything and we'll see after that .

 

What is the easiest way to straighten out the sway bar ??

 

It will slide from side to side a little bit. More if the plastic rings are dislodged or broken.

 

If you jack both sides up, put jack stands under the car it will move left and right fairly easily, turning the steering wheel does it too.

 

I bought new lower control arms from Rock Auto
they are the right size but the rear bushing bolt is to big to fit through the bushing. Anyone else have this problem and how do I go about moving forward . This is getting frustrating 😒

 

What part number did you purchase

 

Srk620898 and 897

 

actually it's weird ...
if the bolt did a great job with the old suspension arm, it should handle the identical new suspension arm just as well.
Place two suspension arms (old and new) side by side and compare bush sizes. If the bushings differ from each other- look for other bolts, there is no point in changing the bushings. If the dimensions of the bushings are the same - the bolt is not guilty, you are making a mistake at some stage.
PS. Whatever happens, don't throw away the old bolts. This may come in handy in the future.

Regarding the offset of the anti-roll bar to the right and left:
Sorry to bring up a topic that was exhausted about 10 years ago. At that time, I was surprised to learn that in the United States, car owners welcome the free movement of the stabilizer and even lubricate the bushings with graphite grease. In our tradition, the opposite is true - the bushings must grip the stabilizer so tightly that the inertia of one and a half tons of metal on a sharp turn could not displace it an inch. This is exactly what I did the for my Hippo. I stopped using the standard stabilizer bushings, I found and modified approximately suitable Toyota bushings and installed them instead of the stock bushings. Since then, the roar of the suspension is only an unpleasant memory for me, the bushings have been holding up perfectly for many years. Also, I forgot what an annual replacement of stabilizer links . By the way, my links are also from Toyota.

 

Does the bolt go through the bushing while off the car(uninstalled)? If so, it's a matter of aligning the holes. There is a preferred order to installing the fasteners. I don't remember what it is, maybe rear bolt first, then ball joint, then front bolts. Find this information, somewhere here in the forums, might make this a much easier job.

 

Like this information from Whopper, in the How to section

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...ol-arms-44378/