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To get ride of the noise in the suspension when I go over bumps, have bought the marine grease from Walmart that the site recommended to lube the sway bar bushings. Goodyear told me today that to lube the inside of the bushings they have to take the sway bars off. Will cost me about $100 for the front bar & $80 for the rear. Is there any other way to do this?

1st off, when does the noise happen? All the time?
Or only over bumps going around curves?
I only say this because my car used to make a weird groan going over bumps on right turns. It turned out to be the sway bar itself rubbing against the front subframe. Once I "centered" the bar, it stopped rubbing
I too thought it was a bushing noise....
Just something to think about, about the way to do it yourself, the rears are easy to get to, the fronts are kinda easy if you have an air wrench....

$100 for the front would be extremely cheap since they would have to drop the subframe to remove the brackets. In other words they won't and you'll still be out $100... (unless they're honest???)

Just buy a can of spray lube (lithium grease) and spray the front bushings. If they are stock rubber there should be plenty of gaps and cracks to let it in.

$80 for the rear is a major ripoff. It's 1 bolt in each bracket and can be done in just a few minutes all by yourself.