I was able to get the Sway Bar Bushings replaced on my 2014 but the heat shield on passenger side covering the sway bar is a PITA to work around.
There is a video here that shows how to remove the heat shield, but in this video his model year manifold exhaust appears to be routed differently than mine.
(at 1:19 in the video he has camera right where my downpipe is routed)
my exhaust routing : New video by Ernest DiNino
With my engine exhaust (downpipe?) in the way, there is no way I could get the heat shield off. Was able to get off one of the two bolts, and that gave me sufficient wiggle room to take off the bushing retainer bolt, but geez! Took me hours when it should have taken me minutes.
Needed to use a short (stubby) socket with (16mm) with a wrench, then a normal sized socket with a stubby flex ratchet, then a long socket with a stubby ratchet and finally was able to get the bugger on/off. Job completed (and also bilateral lower control arm replacement which was the easier of the jobs)
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Writing this both as info and a warning. Next time I'm going to the local shop and let them deal with it.
There is a video here that shows how to remove the heat shield, but in this video his model year manifold exhaust appears to be routed differently than mine.
my exhaust routing : New video by Ernest DiNino
With my engine exhaust (downpipe?) in the way, there is no way I could get the heat shield off. Was able to get off one of the two bolts, and that gave me sufficient wiggle room to take off the bushing retainer bolt, but geez! Took me hours when it should have taken me minutes.
Needed to use a short (stubby) socket with (16mm) with a wrench, then a normal sized socket with a stubby flex ratchet, then a long socket with a stubby ratchet and finally was able to get the bugger on/off. Job completed (and also bilateral lower control arm replacement which was the easier of the jobs)
New item by Ernest DiNino
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New item by Ernest DiNino
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Writing this both as info and a warning. Next time I'm going to the local shop and let them deal with it.
