850/S70/V70/C70 Rear Sway-bar install


NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD instructions. Do whatever IPD stays before you look at this guide, their instructions supercede mine.


NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

You begin by raising the car and putting it on jack stands.

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

Next I removed one of the driver’s side transverse arm nuts and bolt. I then lightly scored the surface to let me know where the original transverse arm was. Then I removed the other bolt.

remove transverse arm nuts
NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

Once that was removed I went to the passenger side of the sway bar and I removed the two nuts and bolts.

sway bar

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins I then proceeded to remove two brackets that held the muffler in place. The one on the passenger side

rear sub frame

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

The one on the driver’s side

sub frame bracket

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

Place a Haynes manual (a phonebook would work too) on a jack and raise the muffler up, try to do that so that you have room to work. The Haynes manual protected my muffler from the hard jack.

With the muffler out of the way proceed to remove the sway bar from its home. The best advice here is to wiggle the sway bar out as much as you can. Eventually you will figure out that it is the driver’s side transverse arm is the culprit in blocking the exit of the sway bar. Pulled on the transverse arm and wiggle the bar out.

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

Once the old bar is out, you have force the new bar in. The trick to this is again the driver’s side transverse arm; I finally got the sway bar in by again pulling on it and wiggling the new sway bar in.

Once the bar is in, install the IPD supplied bolts and nuts. Tighten the small bolt on the drivers to 37 ft*lbs and then tighten another 90 degrees (this one I could do). Similarly the large bolt on the drivers side is tightened to 48 ft*lbs and another 90 degree (this one I could do).

ipd rear sway bar

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

Move to the passenger side and install the IPD supplied bolts and nuts and tighten to 37ft*lbs.

lower sub frame

NOTE: This guide is only here to be a supplement to the IPD ins

Then move to the driver’s side transverse arm and try to match the hole to where you scored the metal the first time. Install one of the bolts and nuts and making sure that the driver’s side transverse arm and your scored metal match up, tighten the bolt and nut to 37 ft*lbs and another 120 degrees. Now install the other transverse arm bolt and tighten to 37 ft*lbs and another 120 degrees.

Lower your jack with and reinstall the muffler brackets.

Now have the car aligned.

Special Thanks To:  Kashif
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