How to Replace Sway Bar Link 2002-07 Jeep Liberty
Created on: 2014-01-24
If the sway bar link is rattling or broken, this video will show what steps and tools are needed to replace it.
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Pry off the hub cap with a flat blade screwdriver
- 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 Sway Bar Link
- Hold the upper sway bar link stud with a 15mm wrench
- Remove the upper nut from the sway bar link with an 18mm socket and ratchet
- Tap the bolt out with a hammer
- Hold the lower sway bar link stud with a 15mm socket and ratchet
- Remove the lower nut from the sway bar link with an 18mm socket and ratchet
- Tap the bolt out with a hammer
- Use a hammer and pick if necessary
- Pull off the sway bar link
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step 3 :Installing the New Sway Bar Link
- Push the new sway bar link into place
- Thread the top 15mm bolt into place
- Start the top 18mm nut by hand
- Thread the bottom 15mm bolt into place
- Start the bottom 18mm nut by hand
- Hold the upper sway bar link stud with a 15mm wrench
- Fasten the upper nut onto the sway bar link with an 18mm socket and ratchet
- Hold the lower sway bar link stud with a 15mm socket and ratchet
- Fasten the lower nut onto the sway bar link with an 18mm socket and ratchet
- Tighten the 18mm nuts to 60 foot-pounds of torque
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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
- Reattach the hub cap
Tools needed
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A Piece of Pipe (for leverage)
15mm Wrench
Socket Extensions
Torque Wrench
Hammer
15mm Socket
Jack Stands
18mm Socket
19mm Socket
Pick
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Ratchet
Floor Jack
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Hi, I'm Don from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a sway bar link on this 2006 Jeep Liberty. We show you on the passenger side, but the driver side is the same procedure. The items you'll need for this are a new sway bar link from 1AAuto.com; a flat blade screwdriver; 15, 18, and 19 millimeter sockets and a ratchet with an extension; a piece of pipe for leverage; a torque wrench; 15 millimeter wrench; a hammer; a pick; and jack and jack stands.
Pry off your wheel cover if you have one. Remove the 19 millimeter lug nuts, and if you don't have air-powered tools you may want to loosen the lug nuts up while the vehicle's on the ground. Jack the vehicle up and then, remove the lug nuts. Once they're removed, the wheel pulls right off.
Right here, is your sway bar link. On this side, it's a 15 millimeter bolt, and on the other side it's an 18 millimeter nut, and it's the same thing down here. Using a 15 millimeter wrench and an 18 millimeter socket and ratchet, break the first bolt free and then pull that bolt out. To do that you may need a hammer to help get it out. Then you can pull it out the rest of the way. The easiest way to do this is using two ratchets. Use a 15 millimeter socket and extension on the one side, and then the 18 millimeter socket on the other side. Then hammer out the bolt like you did on the top one. If it gets jammed, you can use a pick and just hammer it through. Then your sway bar comes off.
On the left, is the old one. On the right, is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical and they're going to mount exactly the same. Take your new sway bar link and push your 15 millimeter bolt back into place and replace the 18 millimeter nut on the other side. Then do the same for the lower one. We'll just fast forward as Don tightens both of those up, and then torques them both to 60 foot-pounds.
Replace the wheel and replace the lug nuts. You want to tighten them preliminarily, lower the vehicle, and then tighten them the rest of the way. Then, torque each of them in a crossing pattern to 100 foot -pounds. If you have a wheel cover, replace it.
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