Sway Bar Links
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Sway Bar Links
I noticed when changing my oil that the front left sway bar link was broke. I went to the dealer and they gave me a price of $40 for a pair. What a rip off. I went to napa and got a pair for $16. They appear to be better in quality and the metal is zinc plated. Here is my question, when installing the new links(between the a arm and sway bar) is there a specific torque for the nuts. With 4 rubber washers on the link you can tighten them puppies all day long. It seems as well that the nuts could work themselves loose over time. Does a new set of links change the camber?
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Originally posted by great white
I noticed when changing my oil that the front left sway bar link was broke. I went to the dealer and they gave me a price of $40 for a pair. What a rip off. I went to napa and got a pair for $16. They appear to be better in quality and the metal is zinc plated. Here is my question, when installing the new links(between the a arm and sway bar) is there a specific torque for the nuts. With 4 rubber washers on the link you can tighten them puppies all day long. It seems as well that the nuts could work themselves loose over time. Does a new set of links change the camber?
I noticed when changing my oil that the front left sway bar link was broke. I went to the dealer and they gave me a price of $40 for a pair. What a rip off. I went to napa and got a pair for $16. They appear to be better in quality and the metal is zinc plated. Here is my question, when installing the new links(between the a arm and sway bar) is there a specific torque for the nuts. With 4 rubber washers on the link you can tighten them puppies all day long. It seems as well that the nuts could work themselves loose over time. Does a new set of links change the camber?
Safe driving,
Dan
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great white, I read some where that you should park on a level area & tighten the end links until the swaybar is parallel with the lower A-Arm. Since the bar has a hump built into it, I took this to mean the little flat part at the end of the bar being parallel to the arm.
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I had the same thing happen to me, having my oil changed and noticed it, except they cost me $25 each at the Ford dealer. Then it was raining on a Saturday so I didn't feel like crawling under the truck to change it out so I took it to the local repair shop and they hit me $65 labor for a 10 minute job, oh well???
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I also had the same problem and bought a polyurethane end link kit for $14. What a difference over the rubber. Less flex and the end link itself is a whole hell of a lot beefier.
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It was an Energy Suspension kit that included new end link bolts with the polyurethane bushings as well as the front polyurethane sway bar bushings. Whole kit was about $18.00 and I got it from www.suspension.com
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By the way, I was told by a suspension guru that the end link bolts should be tightened down until the bushings squeeze(bulge) to the same width as the steel washer/cup that holds the bushing.
Just my 2 cents,,,,,that was loaned to me,,,,,lol.
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Just my 2 cents,,,,,that was loaned to me,,,,,lol.
BigMan69