OEM Ford E-250 Sway Bar Link

Ford E-250 Sway Bar Link Parts and Q&A

• Stabilizer Link, Rear
  EOTZ-5K484-A
  Q: How to Service and Repair the Rear Sway Bar Link on Ford E-250?

  A:

  The service and maintenance of rear sway bar and link begins by setting the vehicle in neutral position on a hoist. The service process requires removal of two upper bolts along with their washers and nuts from the sway bar link while discarding these components. Narrow down new bolt torque to 70 Nm during installation procedure. Recover the sway bar link by taking out both lower nuts and washers and insulators but discard the nuts. Install the parts and torque the nuts to 28 Nm (21 lb-ft). Next follow steps to eliminate the sway bar links with their washers and insulators before removing four sway bar bracket bolts and both brackets and the sway bar along with discarding the bolts. The bracket bolts need to be tightened to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft) during installation following the reverse order of removal steps to achieve a completed installation. The replacement of parts with identical numbers or equivalent quality becomes essential because bad substitutions lead to major service point failures. The correct retention of essential components needs proper torque adherence which should always follow specified values during reassembly.
• Stabilizer Link, Front
  8C2Z-5K483-A
  Q: How to service the front suspension Sway Bar Link on Ford E-250?

  A:

  Place the vehicle on a hoist with neutral selection for servicing the front suspension sway bar link. You need to turn on the hex-holding feature to avoid stud rotation before you take off the sway bar link upper nut which you must discard. The new nut needs to be secured with a torque of 80 Nm (59 lb-ft) while installation. The process requires the hex-holding feature to discard the lower sway bar link nut before the sway bar link can be extracted. Installation of the new lower nut requires torque to be set at 80 Nm (59 lb-ft). The finishing procedure requires following the opposite direction to install the components. New parts should receive installation with same part numbers or equivalent parts so inferior quality and substitute designs prevent significant service issues. Suspension fasteners will achieve proper retention through adhering to specified torque values when reassembling the components.