How to Replace Sway Bar Link 1999-2003 Nissan Maxima
Created on: 2013-05-12
Replacing the sway bar link is a fairly straightforward job that requires removing the wheel and the link. Check this video out and see if you can DIY
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Loosen the lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 2 :Removing the Stabilizer Link
- Hold the lower sway bar link stud with a 14mm wrench
- Remove the lower nut from the sway bar link with a 15mm socket and ratchet
- Hold the upper sway bar link stud with a 14mm wrench
- Remove the upper nut from the sway bar link with a 15mm socket and ratchet
- Pull off the stabilizer link
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step 3 :Installing the Stabilizer Link
- Hold the lower sway bar link stud with a 14mm wrench
- Tighten the lower 15mm nut onto the stabilizer link
- Hold the upper sway bar link stud with a 14mm wrench
- Tighten the upper 15mm nut onto the stabilizer link
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step 4 :Reattaching the Wheel
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
Tools needed
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14mm Wrench
21mm Socket
A Piece of Pipe (for leverage)
Torque Wrench
15mm Socket
Jack Stands
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1/2 Inch Breaker Bar
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a front stabilizer link on this 2003 Maxima, pretty much the same procedure for any of this era of Maxima. Stabilizer links will rattle if you're going over bumps. Then you'll notice if you're going through turns, at the same time the rattle will go away. That's usually a good sign that your stabilizer link is getting loose. What you'll need is a new pair of stabilizer links from 1A Auto. In this video, we show how to replace the right-hand or passenger side one; the left-hand is the same procedure. We always recommend you replace them in pair. You'll need jack and jack stand, and 15 and 21 millimeter sockets. You'll need a ratchet or a breaker bar and pipe for some extra leverage, and a 14-millimeter wrench. Let's start off by removing the wheel. You're going to want a 12 millimeter socket and ratchet, or a breaker bar or your tire iron.
You'll probably want to start with the wheel on the ground. Loosen the lug nuts. Then raise and secure the vehicle with jack stands. Then remove the wheel and the tire.
I'm removing the 15 millimeter nut on the lower stabilizer link. You need a breaker bar and a pipe. I've broken the nut free, but I'm going to use a 14 millimeter wrench to hold the link rod and continue. We'll speed up here as we take that nut the rest of the way off. Again, using a 15 millimeter socket on one side and holding the stabilizer link rod. It was a 14 millimeter wrench on the other. I'm removing the upper 15 millimeter nut on the stabilizer link. It's the same thing here. You see Don gets going with a little bit of extra leverage from that pipe, then uses a 14 millimeter wrench to hold on to the shaft basically between the boot and the bracket while he removes the nut the rest of the way. We've got two nuts off. Pull out the stabilizer rod.
Here's the front stabilizer link. Now, we'll speed it up as we tighten up both those nuts. You want to get them about as tight as you can with a ratchet handle. You can see that probably the hardest part of this repair is making sure you have a pipe or something to get those nuts loose initially. Once you break that free, then it's a pretty straight-forward repair, taking off two 15 millimeter nuts, taking the part out, putting a new part in from 1A Auto, and then tightening it up.
Fast-forward. Put your wheel and tire back on. Start the lug nuts by hand first, and then tighten them up preliminarily. Set your torque wrench to 100 foot pounds and tighten the lug nuts. Use a star pattern. Draw a star pattern as you tighten them. Then just recheck them.
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