Sway bar links done...ABS light on....

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Sway bar links done...ABS light on....

Reply #30 – February 18, 2009, 09:03:45 PM

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+2 I think we all thought you was talking about ur cougar and not the new bird. anyways..

Sorry bout that

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Reply #31 – February 18, 2009, 09:04:30 PM

Is the sway bar link something pretty easy to replace?

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Reply #32 – February 18, 2009, 09:06:25 PM

I'm betting on the stabilizer link. They went bad in my MN12 and the noise was enough to drive a man to drink.

With the MN12 bad ball joints are easy enough to diagnose: With the front end of the car supported by the frame (NOT the lower control arm - let the suspension hang) grab the tire at 12 and 6 o'clock. Try to move the tire back and forth. If you get play you've probably got a bad ball joint. If it's the upper that's bad you should be able to see the spindle move in relation to the control arm. If it's the lower you might need some help - have somebody else move the tire while you look for movement at the lower joint.

That stabilizer link is almost certainly your noise though...

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Reply #33 – February 18, 2009, 09:06:40 PM

If it is a balljoint its most likely the bottom (load carrying) one and I believe that the top one is a non-serviceable type meaning you would have to replace the whole upper control arm. If I was you I would replace the sway bar link bushings and see if that fixes it. They're like $20 some bucks and by the looks of yours it needs done.

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Reply #34 – February 18, 2009, 09:11:57 PM

Yea thats what im planning on doing, im gonna replace the whole sway bar link (given its not too hard to do - dosent look like it) I found the parts pretty cheap too. I did try and move the tire when i had it jacked up earlier ( i usually jack the car up by the frame anyways) and i couldnt move the wheel at all so thats a good sign of not having bad ball joints. By looking at the stabilizer link it looks like i can just take the 2 nuts off of the threaded part of each end and kinda slide it out - is there anything esle to it besides that?

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Reply #35 – February 18, 2009, 09:15:32 PM

Thats about it, easy to do.

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Reply #36 – February 18, 2009, 09:17:42 PM

Awesome. Just orded the parts. Thanks for all the help everybody - you guys are great.

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Reply #37 – February 18, 2009, 09:20:29 PM

I could hook you up with some used ones (close to 1000 miles on them) for nothing. lol Just trying to get rid of something use able on my car.

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Reply #38 – February 18, 2009, 09:40:25 PM

Pm me with a price

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Reply #39 – February 18, 2009, 10:33:15 PM

which ones does yours look like?
#1

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Reply #40 – February 18, 2009, 10:50:09 PM

is this more of what it looks like?

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Reply #41 – February 18, 2009, 10:53:31 PM

I think yours is more like the first one, just doesnt have the goofy bend in it.

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Reply #42 – February 18, 2009, 10:56:05 PM

I got the pics from the autozone website so idk how accurate they are. lol

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Reply #43 – February 19, 2009, 07:59:41 AM

The only problem you'll have when changing 'em is that they have a tapered shaft on 'em, just like ball joints and tie rod ends. This means that when you remove the nuts they're not going to simply fall out. You might need a tie rod end separator tool.

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Reply #44 – February 22, 2009, 06:02:20 PM

tie rod end seperator tool?