OEM Lincoln Mark LT Sway Bar Link

Lincoln Mark LT Sway Bar Link Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Stabilizer Link, Front
  5L3Z-5K483-CA
  Q: How to Service and Repair the Sway Bar Link on Lincoln Mark LT?

  A: The first step to service the sway bar link requires a vehicle that is in NEUTRAL gear but resting on a hoist. The service requires new nuts for sway bar links. Install these nuts and torque them to 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.). The lower nuts of the sway bar link go next after removal. Install new nuts when replacing by tightening them to 90 Nm (66 ft. lbs.). The service begins with removing sway bar links then continuing to take off the sway bar bracket nuts together with the brackets for removing the sway bar which will get discarded. The installation requires sway bar bracket nuts to be tightened to 55 Nm (41 ft. lbs.) followed by performing an opposite order of removal for assembly. The use of replacement parts should begin with items bearing the exact part number because inferior materials or non-original designs can cause performance problems. The correct torque values need proper application during component assembly to achieve stable retention of key suspension structures while refraining from hitting the sway bar link ball stud and utilizing the sway bar for loose stud removal.