plasma

I had a noise coming from the drivers side when I drive slowly over bumps. The noise sounds like a crunch of metal. This past weekend I found out that the sway bar link where it's connects to the roll/sway bar. I've marked the picture with a red arrow.

Is it easy to change this? Are there any concerns with there being pressure applied to the sway bar when I remove the sway bar link? I really didn't find a good DIY but if you know of one, please reply with the link.





Thanks..

plasma

has anyone ever done this replacement?

hangit06

Doing the whole front end as I write. The sway bar link by itself should not be difficult.

cmriv

simple diy job. jack vehicle up. r/r wheel. soak whatever you are using in pb blaster. loosen bolts and remove that little rod you see.


spring link bushings are split/cracked btw!

plasma

what are the spring link bushings?

and do I need to make sure the front is level so the sway bar doesn't have any tension?

cmriv

my advice would be jack stands. and use the floor jack to regulate pressure on sway bar itself when you are r/r. You can do one at a time but if the sway bar is unsprung i would theoretically think it would be more easy to replace the end links.

Spring link bushings are the bushings that are in your spring link arm. S/l arm is the arm that strut, end link, ball joint are attached too. The bushing is the rubber thing that rest's in subframe.