Amateur mechanic job time approx. Undo the 7 x 10mm bolts that secure the engine undertray to the vehicle and remove. You will then see the stabilisation bar running the width of the vehicle secured at either end to the front wishbones and to two supports (circled in orange below) that hang down from the engine bay walls. Once you've sourced your bushes the next part involves undoing the 13mm nuts that hold the clips to the inner brackets (two per bracket) and then the 13mm nuts that secure the bearing brackets (two per bracket) to the wishbones. I had very little trouble undoing the bolts on the inner brackets however when it came to one side of the bearings brackets at the wishbone I had to cut the bearing bracket off the wishbone with a grinder. With the stabilisation bar now removed I was able to easily pull off the bushes from either end.
However the centre ones required a little bit of invention to pry open the clips for which I used the outer edge of some vice jaws and then wound out the vice as shown below. With the clips removed the old rubber bushes simply slid off the bar. Here's a few photos comparing the old ones (centre) to the new ones (either end). As you can clearly see the left centre bush has seen much better days. With the bushes removed it was time to clean the stabilisation bar with some degreaser. This revealed some pitting that had occurred on the side of the worst bush. Not wanting this to cut into the new bushes and neither wanting to purchase a new stabilisation bar I decided to smooth it off with a fine grindstone and emery paper to remove the worst of the pits. The new centre bushes were then slid onto the bar with the aid of some washing-up liquid. And the clips were then slid over them and clamped in the vice so they were loosely secured around the bushes.
Because previously I had had to destroy one of the bearing brackets to get the bar off I ordered a complete new pair. And the bushes to go in them. The bushes are quite difficult to press into the bearing brackets. I found it was best to insert the top rounded edge in at an angle and then press in the sides. I obviously used washing-up liquid again and a little help from the vice being careful not to damage the rubber or alloy brackets as I pressed then right in. The bushes have obviously been modified since the ones that were previously on the car. Here's a photo showing the new vs the old. As you can see from the photo above the old (good) bracket that I didn't have to cut off is pretty badly corroded, so much so that I couldn't even extract the bolts from it. The next step involved pressing the bearing brackets and their new bushings onto either end of the bar. The final part involves re-fixing the bar to the car. I started by loosely clamping up the centre bush clips to the drop down brackets and then located the bolts through the outer bearing bracket bushes and into the holes in the wishbones. Everything was then tightened up and the engine pan put back on.
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After the release Gallardo coupe in 2003, the two years have passed, and the audience wants something new. Desire of the client - the law. At the booth of Automobili Lamborghini, opened in Frankfurt - the new Spider Lamborghini Gallardo. Gallardo Spyder - not just the well-known version of the open compartment. This is a completely new model, which is distinguished by a new design and a unique system of folding roof directly to where the engine lives. Lamborghini Gallardo coupe design was created in the studio Italdesign. The new roadster based on it - the work center style Lamborghini (Lamborghini Centro Style). Compared to the Murcielago Roadster and its spectacular "back" with a sharp break new car looks modest, restrained. Virtually flat engine compartment lid is decorated with a narrow slotted exhaust air. The mechanism of folding cloth roof Gallardo is simple in operation and is controlled by two buttons on the front panel. The folded top hiding under the engine compartment lid. Rear glass acts as a drag screen, it is equipped with electric and rises automatically, but can be lowered by pressing a button. Body structure has been seriously altered, in particular, reinforced sills and front windshield. By tradition, the open Lambeau seriously differ from compartment inside. In the new Gallardo Spyder engine with 520 horsepower, a different transmission, differently tuned suspension and steering. It is worth mentioning that in the palette Gallardo Spyder added two new colors: light blue and green Celeste Phoebe Verde Picus.