Rear Sway Bar Bushings and Links - Toyota Tundra Forums : Tundra Solutions Forum

Andy4 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-18-2009, 02:04 PM

The OEM rubber "D" bushing has the bar diameter marked on the side near the top of the curve and on the flat portion, marked in MMs. I read somewhere that several different size bars have been used on the trucks.
My rear sway bar is 27mm dia.
I found that a front sway bar kit (Daystar)for a '95-'04 Tacoma listed a 27mm bar.
I found that Wheelers Off Road had a front kit listed for '95-'00 Tacoma and was able to purchase just the "D" bushings in polyurethane. They fit the OEM brackets on the rear axle.

Has anyone found a replacement for the rear bar end links?
A Moog Link?

OKstate · #2 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 07:41 AM

I do not know the answer to your question, but I have looked at these before. Why are you replacing them on your seq? Are the poly bushings better than the OEM rubber? Are you replacing the end links only? I wouldn't mind doing this stuff because it is so cheap. Thanks

Andy4 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 01:48 PM

I found the OEM bushings on my steering rack were worn/soft and allowed the truck to wander and hard to control in the wind. (Toyota doesn't sell the bushings seperate)
At the same time I was looking at the rack I noticed that the bushing on the front sway bar links were compressing and out of shape. I saw some wear on the "D" bushing that supported the swat bar as well.
I had the steering rack bushings replaced with a kit that included the polyurethane type, that tightened up the front.
At the same time I had the front sway bar D bushings (using the OEM brackets) and OEM link end bushings replaced with polyurethane type and that resulted in the truck being more level on cornering.
To get the rear sway bar to work more with the front I wanted to remove the play in the OEM (rubber) D bushings created as they wore. I found a front sway bar kit for a tacoma that has a D bushing using the OEM brackets. It was for the same bar dia and the bracket part number is simular to the sequoia's part number.

Polyurethane doesn't compress/distort, it maintains a tighter suspension.
The difficult part is finding polyurethane items to fit in the OEM links, control arms, etc.

The front links have been known to snap and aftermarket items are available.
The rear links are of simular design and size , therefore I expect they may fail at sometime and would rather replace them with something stronger then OEM when I have to.

OKstate · #4 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 02:08 PM

Sounds good. I may be looking at getting the rear links replaced and the D bushings in the near future.

Not sure what you were really asking in the first post, but I did have to replace the front ones couple weeks ago. I got some MOOGs. They fit perfect and seem a little beefier. Hardest part was that I had to cut the bolts off the broken ones. That was a PITA. Did that answer your question?

Togman · #5 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy4

I found the OEM bushings on my steering rack were worn/soft and allowed the truck to wander and hard to control in the wind. (Toyota doesn't sell the bushings seperate)
At the same time I was looking at the rack I noticed that the bushing on the front sway bar links were compressing and out of shape. I saw some wear on the "D" bushing that supported the swat bar as well.
I had the steering rack bushings replaced with a kit that included the polyurethane type, that tightened up the front.
At the same time I had the front sway bar D bushings (using the OEM brackets) and OEM link end bushings replaced with polyurethane type and that resulted in the truck being more level on cornering.
To get the rear sway bar to work more with the front I wanted to remove the play in the OEM (rubber) D bushings created as they wore. I found a front sway bar kit for a tacoma that has a D bushing using the OEM brackets. It was for the same bar dia and the bracket part number is simular to the sequoia's part number.

Polyurethane doesn't compress/distort, it maintains a tighter suspension.
The difficult part is finding polyurethane items to fit in the OEM links, control arms, etc.

The front links have been known to snap and aftermarket items are available.
The rear links are of simular design and size , therefore I expect they may fail at sometime and would rather replace them with something stronger then OEM when I have to.

Who sold you the front Steering Bushings, your Toyota dealer?

Andy4 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 04:47 PM

I bought the polyurethane steering rack kit and front sway bar bushing kit at one purchase, then got the rear sway bar polyurethane D bushings later.
Both purchases were from Wheelers off road (Wheeler's Off Road).
Save yourself some on shipping by getting everything at once.
Front end of Tundra is the same as Sequoia.

big-o · #7 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 09:53 PM

Good info. I'll have to measure my rear sway bar, and try the tacoma poly bushings.

Andy4 · #8 (**permalink**) 11-13-2009, 07:50 AM

I had the rack and sway bar bushings replaced with polyurethane type this summer to correct the play.
Had new tires put on and noticed some outside wear starting and had front end aligned, rotated the tires and the outside wearing has stopped.

We are getting hit by a "Noreaster", with wind gusts up to 50mph and find the truck to be handling very well with the side gusts.
No problems maintaining the lane while doing 60mph+.