I plan to swap out my sway bar end links soon and wondered what the trick was to removing these. If I jack up the car, it unloads the long bolt on the end link that goes thru the lower part of the shock, but that loads the sway bar end. Do I simply jack up the sway bar end to unload that also? Also, what’s the best way to break the nut on the long side? The FSM shows it’s torqued at 120, but seems tighter than that.

 

Lift up both front or both rear wheels and place on jack stands. There is a jack-point at the front that will allow you to slide the jack to lift both front wheels at the same time.

The rear you can lift from the pumpkin. Make sure you place the vehicle on jack stands afterwards.

 

Should I jack up the sway bar end after ding that since it appears to be compressed when the wheels are up in the air?

 

Nope. just unbolt it. The sway bar is still supported by the rubber bushing mounts on each end.

 

Thanks. Hopefully it won’t be too bad then. May have to use some liquid wrench on the big bolt that goes thru the shock...I tried to loosen that up the other day but it wouldn’t budge even using my long torque wrench.

 

You doing front and rear?

 

You aren't supposed to use torque wrenches to loosen bolts.

Breaker bars are for loosening bolts

Torque wrenches are used to tighten.

 

Thanks. Yes...I always run the torque settings way up if I ever have to use it like this though.

 

What jack point are you referring to at the front?

Aw, who am I kidding, my car is probably too low to get a jack under the front at this point anyway.

 

I never really looked under neath my car to verify. My previous car was a 08 TL and the front jack point was in a similar spot. I assumed most sedans had a front jack point.

Fortunately for me I have access to a lift at work

 

A lift at work is definitely nice. I would not have attempted my coilover install without it.

I think that panel is covered up by my aluminum undertray, but it really does not matter as my car is too low now and my jack would never make it that far anyway.

Due to being so low I cannot even go through most car washes. Sucks because we just got an automatic car wash at work and it would be really nice to use in the winter

 

PB blaster will be our friend on loosing the end links. I like to hit them with a impact to help them from free spinning.

 

Agreed. I think I used a small cordless impact to break them loose. If you just use a ratchet, they tend to spin.