How do you replace a sway bar link?
Jack up the vehicle on the side that you plan on replacing the sway bar link. Apply penetrating oil to the top, and bottom sway bar end link bolts. Disconnect the stabilizer link from the strut assembly by removing the top nut from the stabilizer link.
What do I need to remove front wheel drive sway bar?
Remove the nuts holding the sway bar link to the bar and control arm. Remove the link. Link removal on some front-wheel-drive cars will require a ΒΌ-inch Allen wrench to keep the bolt from spinning.
How is the sway bar connected to the wheel?
This pushes up on the right lower control arm which, because it’s connected to the sway bar through the end link, pushes up on the end of the bar. This twisting motion in the sway bar is translated to the left side of the vehicle, pulling it down and holding the wheel to the ground through the corner.
How long does it take to replace a sway bar on a Hyundai?
Replacing the sway bar link/stabilizer bar on the Hyundai car is very easy and can be completed under two hours.
How to change the link on a sway bar?
Simple insert the lower part first, then the upper. Be sure it is installed the same as the original – the bushings are touching the sway bar – from the top: nut, metal washer, bushing, sway bar, bushing, metal washer. The lower link is simply nut, mounting point, smaller nut.
What do I need to replace front sway bar?
Remove the mounts and slide the bushings off the bar. They are split for this purpose. Some vehicles, especially trucks, have mudguards or skid plates that have to be removed before you can get to the sway bar frame bushings. Clean and inspect the bar and mounts.
Do you need to replace the sway bar on a Malibu?
Just reviving an old thread here but I have a 2002 Malibu and would just like to replace the sway bar end link bushings and the sway bar mounting brackets with the bushings. The endlinks are no big deal but do I need to do the whole above procedure to replace the frame mounted bushings and clamps without having to remove the swaybar?
How are sway bar links connected to MacPherson struts?
The switch to MacPherson struts required a change in how and where sway bar end links were connected. Confusing the matter even more, they connect upward to the MacPherson strut and are longer, or they connect to the lower control arm and are shorter.