How do you replace a rear stabilizer bar?
Rear stabilizer bars are generally easy to replace. The car is first raised and placed on jack stands. The wheels may need to be removed. The bar itself is held on with the end links as well as bushings that hold the center of the bar to the chassis.
When to replace stabilizer bar links and bushings?
It’s a good idea to have the front stabilizer bar links and bushings fully replaced at the same time that other front end work is being completed.
How do you replace a stabilizer link on a Hyundai?
Use a 10mm wrench to hold the stud if it starts to spin. Remove the bottom nut from the stabilizer link. Reinstall the stabilizer link in reverse order. Hyundai sway bar links may also be called stabilizer links, anti-sway bar links, sway bar end links. Verify the torque specifications by calling your Hyundai dealer.
How do you remove stabilizer link from strut?
Disconnect the stabilizer link from the strut assembly by removing the top nut from the stabilizer link. In this case, this is a 14 mm nut. Use a 10mm wrench to hold the stud if it starts to spin. Remove the bottom nut from the stabilizer link.
It’s a good idea to have the front stabilizer bar links and bushings fully replaced at the same time that other front end work is being completed.
Where are the stabilizer bar links on my car?
However, the ones that cause the most damage are in the front and located directly behind your left and right front tires. If you’re driving down the road and you start to hear a clunking, rattling or metal-on-metal scratching noise, it is possibly the stabilizer bar links causing the sound.
Why are the link rods on my car not twisted?
The suspension is compressed equally each side, the anti-roll bar simply pivots – it is not twisted and there is no strain on the link rods. But if one wheel hits a speed hump and the other does not, one end of the anti-roll bar is raised – twisting the bar.
What are the links in a car’s suspension?
Link rods (or stabiliser links or anti-roll bar links or drop links) connect the left and right hand suspension components to either end of a common anti-roll bar made of spring steel which is like a torsion bar running across the car.