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Originally Posted by Keenercarguy
Reverse down a slope (like a driveway into the street) and turn your wheel to full lock in both directions (do it twice) if you hear or feel a "pop" then your bushings are (for sure) going bad. They could still be bad without this occurring though. However no: they cannot 'leak' as they are not hollow in any way. What you're seeing is the bushing grease that is applied to the bar/bushing before install (for noise, vibration, and harshness reasons, as well as to give the bar a small amount of play). Some of the grease may have been pushed out by pressure overtime.
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Thanks for posting this. I had some very minor (but annoying) noise when reversing out of parking spots, especially if there was some incline. The bushings looked mostly fine. Only a small gap where the bushing is slotted.
Picture of worn bushing 75K miles
I replaced the bushings and while it's still early the noise/clunk seems to have gone away.
Also, for anyone trying to diagnose the same issue, I had noise when pulling away from a stop. Lastly, the sway bar did not have any up and down play, but I was able to move it horizontally, which the new bushings don't allow.
This would have been a very tricky diagnosis without the above info, thanks.
Edit: Actually it turned out to be the front strut mounts. Found some info on a TSB about it here.