How to Replace Rear Sway Bar Links 2002-09 GMC Envoy

Okay, friends, one of the first things we need to do is safely raise and support the vehicle so your wheel's off the ground. Once you've done that, we're gonna come right here to your center cover, use a nice little pry bar, and go ahead and pop this off. Now that we've done that, we're gonna remove all six of our 19-millimeter lug nuts and take the wheel off.

Now that we have the wheel off of here, we have a nice clear view of our sway bar link. To start removing it, it's important to see the inside center piece right there. That's a little Allen head. I'm gonna show you what tool to use in a second. But, first, what we're gonna do is we're gonna remove or at least loosen this 18-millimeter nut.

A lot of times what happens is as soon as the nut breaks free, the stud in the center starts to spin. That can be a hassle. So we're gonna use a tool that looks like this, this is just a little Allen head key. You're gonna find the size that fits right in there. Okay? Take your wrench, put it right over this. Put the Allen key right in the center, and then we're gonna go ahead and turn the Allen key clockwise, which will in turn, turn the nut counter-clockwise.

You can see that some of the thread locking stuff is coming off. That's pretty common, especially, as the stud heats up. There we are. Now we're gonna do the same to the upper one. There we are friends. Okay, friends, it's time for an install. Just make sure all the angles line up with the original. We're gonna put it through from the outside in, on the top, and then from the inside, out on the bottom. Start on both of your nuts, and then we'll bottom them out and torque them to manufacturer's specifications. Now let's tighten the sway bar link nuts to 74 foot-pounds.

All right let's get the wheel up on here. Start on all your lug nuts, bottom them out, and then we'll torque them to 103 foot-pounds. Let's torque these in a criss-cross manner. Now it's gonna be time to put on your center cover. If you were to look at the back side, you're gonna see something that looks a lot like a valve stem. Line that up with your valve stem, then just give it a nice loving bonk. Make sure it's completely secured. Take it for a road test.