Just installed new swaybar end links...here are pics of before and after. My question is whether or not the new bushings are tight enough? I couldn't find any rule of thumb in my repair manuals for how much you should squeeze that thing together?

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put a wrench on the bottom bolt and tighten the top nut till tight

looking at the pic after you replaced the bushings , looks like you installed the washers upside down but i cannot honestly tell... the concave ( curved part ) should bo toward the rubber bushing

 

I definitely put the washers with the concave portion on the bushing side... I used the 2nd assembled end link as an examply while installing the 1st side. I tightened it all together unitl the bushings are touching but not squished.

 

Well I think you do want the rubber to Squish, so that it will hold the sway bar. As in; fill up the hole in the bushing hole of the sway bar/control arm
Ialways run the nut down to the end of the threads.

 

I just replaced mine last month and did not get them tight enough and still had noise. I put a wrench on top and ran them down with my 3/8' impact till they were squished and no more nosie.

 

Cool thanks for the advice, I'll crank the nut down to the end of the threads and then post a new pic. HondaDude, is that really a picture of you in your avatar? (LOL)

 

Ok, I cranked down the nut to the end of the threads and squished the bushings together. I'm pretty sure this is how its supposed to be.

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Enlarging the picture i can now see that you got the washers installed wrong,, the curved part should go toward the rubber bushing ,, they look upside down to me

 

the one and only , see what working on hondas can do to a guy, I used to be young and handsome;
and that is also a picture of Deserthonda in his avatar LOL

 

without seeing that you need sway bar end links/bushings. What are the symptoms that occur to warn you?