Putting bars in is a pretty straight forward install.
REMOVAL
1) with the car on the ground unbolts the sway end links
2) crack lugs lose
3) put it up in the air with the jack stands under the frame rails
4) wheels off
5) measure how long the adjustment bolts are run in
6) use an impact wrench and remove the height adjustment bolts all the way out
7) unbolt t bars from lower control arms
8) unbolt pivot bushing brackets
9) remove bars
BAR PREP
1) The factory pivot bushings will need to be drilled. There are four spot welds holding the shell together. Pretty easy.
2) Throw away the old bottom plate
3) drill and tap pivot shell for zirc fitting
4) slip on new pivot bushings and make sure they're oriented correctly so the hole lines of with the zirc fitting
5) install shell. Those plates in the box go under the pivot bushing.
6) Grease up the hex ends of the bars good before putting the adjustment anchors and boots in place
7) The adjustment anchors needs to clocked correctly on the hex end. You can reference how they come off the old bars for the correct orientation.
What I haven't covered is replacement of the end bushing that attach the bars to the lower control arms. Have you ever replaced these before? In the photos I see you have new bushings, but you will need to reuse the factory bushing shells. This is going to be the hardest the part of this entire swap. To pull the bushings off of the old bars involves cutting off a sheer pin and driving it out with a punch. To get the shells apart, I can't help you with this as I have never done it. When I did this you could still get the Moog end bushings brand new that included the shell. I'm sure someone here has done this. It ain't easy.
INSTALLATION
1) start with getting the adjustment anchors back in place in the K and then run the bolts in on the pivot bushing shell
2) keep it loose until you get the bolts on the lower control arm in place. It's normal to have to tweak the lower control arm a little into the correct position to start the bolts.
3) Tighten it all up
4) Use a grease gun and get grease into those bushings
5) install adjustment bolts
6) run down adjustment bolts until the length of the bolt protruding matches the measurement you took before assembly
7) wheels on
8) car on ground
9) bounce the car a little each corner to settle the suspension
10) bolt the sway bar back up
- You're probably going to have to adjust the ride height when this is done. Measure how far the adjustment bolts are threaded in is only going to ballpark this since the bars are new.
I'm probably leaving something out. I did this ten years ago. Hit me up with any questions.
Here is a photo of my bars assembled with the new pieces before I put it back in.
Does anyone know of a youtube video that's a good instructive video on the installation of transverse t-bars? Or even a nice writeup? Thinking M_Body_Coupe, Aspen500, and Duke5A are smarties and might know
What's the level of difficulty would you say?
P.S. Just remembered my FSM might be very helpful too