OEM 2006 Mercury Mountaineer Sway Bar Link

2006 Mercury Mountaineer Sway Bar Link Parts Q&A

• Q: How to service and repair the front sway bar link on 2006 Mercury Mountaineer?

  A: A serviceable front sway bar and link repair requires you to measure hub center distance from the fender lip when the vehicle sits stationary at level position for determining curb height. You should mount the vehicle to a hoist using neutral gear position. Mount new sway bar parts that come with the same part number or equivalent by applying 35 Nm (26 ft. lbs.) torque at curb height, after discarding the two sway bar nuts and grommets. To proceed with the maintenance start by removing both sway bar studs and links. The installation team must check and clean mating surfaces as well as internal threads until they show no sign of foreign debris or thread locking compounds. Unfasten the sway bar from its position by pulling it outward while extracting the four sway bar bracket bolts, brackets and bushings along with it. Then discard the bolts. Implementation of new install should be completed with 55 Nm (41 ft. lbs.) torque setting at curb height. Begin by inserting the new sway bar bushing groove to the sway bar upsetting and check for damages before installing new bushings while starting with left-hand installation first. The repair process requires using a suitable jack to lift the suspension until the measurement between hub center to fender lip matches the initial curb height value. You will end the installation process by undoing the steps of removal.