In this video I replace the anti roll bar bushes and links on my 1.9 TDI Mk1 Skoda Fabia. Replacing these parts made a real difference to the handling of the car - body roll is now much reduced.
The ARB on my car is 18mm in diameter. The internal diameter of the new bushes is 16mm in diameter. I used a Febi Bilstein repair kit (#37077) which included all of the parts.
Some tips: removing the engine undertray makes accessing the bush clamp bolts much easier, jacking up the wishbone allows you to move the drive shaft to get access to both bush bolts, make sure you have the link installed and load the suspension before torquing up the bush bolts, the bush bolts pass through an alloy sub frame so applying anti seize seems like a good idea, some silicone grease on the bush to allow the ARB to rotate easily also seems like a good idea.
00:00 - Chock wheels, crack wheel bolts, jack up car and remove wheel
00:25 - Descale link ball joint nuts and undo them
01:13 - Cut off seized top ball joint
01:26 - Descale bush clamp bolt threads
01:37 - Crack top bush clamp bolt and loosen
01:56 - Jack up wishbone to gain clearance to lower bolt
02:02- Crack bottom bush clamp bolt and loosen
02:20 - Remove bush clamp bolts
02:37 - Remove bush clamp and bush
03:05 - Inspect bush and new parts
03:40 - Apply silicone grease to bush
03:53 - Apply anti seize to bush clamp and bolts
04:09 - Apply silicone grease to bush clamp
04:18 - Clean ARB and bush clamp mating surface
04:30 - Install bush
04:50 - Install bush clamp
05:09 - Install bush clamp bolts and loosely tighten
05:58 - Install new link
06:46 - Tighten link ball joint nuts to 40Nm
06:59 - Load suspension and torque bush clamp bolts to 20Nm plus 90 degrees
07:51 - Install wheel and loosely tighten wheel bolts
08:18 - Remove axle stands
08:39 - Torque wheel bolts to 120Nm
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