To replace the rear sway bar end Links on your Accord just follow the steps. You will be asked to lift the vehicle, remove the sway bar end link, install the new sway bar end link as well as carry out a few other steps. You can carry out this tutorial of 6 chapters in 45 minutes. Bring your 5mm Allen socket and your 17 mm wrench and let’s get started!
45 minutes
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$50
Lift the vehicle
Turn your engine off and set the parking brake.
Loosen the wheel lug nuts on the rear wheels.
Lift the rear of your vehicle. Place the vehicle on the jack stands.
Don’t forget to put the wheels under the vehicle!
Visualise
You can now see your car’s rear end link.
Informations
The end link connects the rear sway bar to the struts to keep the wheels firmly on the ground at all times.
Remove the sway bar end link
The components to be removed are very often seized up, so don’t hesitate to brush and to use penetrating oil to make removal easier.
Using a 17 mm wrench, a ratchet and a 5mm Allen socket, unscrew the lower ball joint nut. Keep the ball joint from rotating using the Allen socket and unscrew the nut with the wrench.
Finish unscrewing by hand.
Repeat the operation on the upper ball joint.
You can now remove the link.
Install the new sway bar end link
Take the new link and unscrew the nuts supplied with it.
Install it in the sway bar, then in the metal bracket. Then screw the nuts back in, by hand at first.
Screw the nuts back in until it makes contact.
Tighten the nuts with a torque wrench.
Put the vehicle back on the ground
Then, you will be able to put the wheels back on your vehicle.
Put the car back on the ground and block the wheels properly.
Operation complete.