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Isaac Zachary · 09-09-2023, 04:56 PM

So I subscribed to a couple days of TIS since it seems impossible to get the swaybar bushing brackets off.

I was missing the first step: Remove the engine and transaxle.

Now what? Should I take out the engine and transmission to do this? If I take them out part way I might possibly be able to get at the bushings. But I don't know, maybe I should take it to a mechanic, or at least get a price first. If Toyota's own instructions say "remove the engine and transaxle" then I would guess it would be kind of expensive to have done.

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Isaac Zachary High Altitude Hybrid Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Gunnison, CO Posts: 1,998 Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV 90 day: 40.45 mpg (US) Prius - '06 Toyota Prius Thanks: 1,061 Thanked 552 Times in 441 Posts	Dealer, independent shop or DIM (do it myself)? So I subscribed to a couple days of TIS since it seems impossible to get the swaybar bushing brackets off. I was missing the first step: Remove the engine and transaxle. Now what? Should I take out the engine and transmission to do this? If I take them out part way I might possibly be able to get at the bushings. But I don't know, maybe I should take it to a mechanic, or at least get a price first. If Toyota's own instructions say "remove the engine and transaxle" then I would guess it would be kind of expensive to have done. __________________