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How to Replace Sway Bar Link 2002-09 GMC Envoy XL
How to Replace Front Sway Bar Links 2004-07 GMC Envoy
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Tools used
Reciprocating Saw
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Torque Wrench
4.5mm Hex Wrench
17mm Wrench
Pry Bar
18mm Wrench
Jack Stands
19mm Socket
7mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1. Removing the Wheel
Pry off the center cap with a flat blade screwdriver
Loosen the lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
Secure the vehicle on jack stands
Remove the lug nuts
Pull off the wheel
2. Removing the Sway Bar Link
Apply penetrating oil to the sway bar link nuts
Clean the sway bar link studs with a flat blade screwdriver, if necessary
Put a 4.5mm Allen wrench into the lower sway bar link stud
Remove the lower 18mm nut from the sway bar link
Put a 4.5mm Allen wrench into the upper sway bar link stud
Remove the upper 18mm nut from the sway bar link
Pull off the sway bar link
If necessary, cut the way bar link stud with a reciprocating saw, holding the sway bar in place with a pry bar and jack
3. Installing the New Sway Bar Link
Put the grease fittings onto the new sway bar link
Tighten the grease fittings with a 7mm socket and ratchet
Push the sway bar studs into place
Thread the two 18mm nuts onto the sway bar link by hand
Tighten the two 18mm nuts, holding the studs with a 17mm wrench
4. Reattaching the Wheel
Slide the wheel into place
Start the lug nuts by hand
Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
Lower the vehicle to the ground
Tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
Reattach the center cap
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a sway bar link of this 2003 GMC Envoy XL. We show you on the passenger side, but the driver's side is a similar procedure. The items you'll need are a new sway bar link from 1AAuto.com, 7mm and 19mm socket and ratchet, 17mm and 18mm wrenches, 4.5mm Allen wrench, flat blade screwdriver, torque wrench, jack and jack stands, and depending on the condition of your vehicle, you may also need a pry bar and a reciprocating saw.
Start out by removing the wheel and tire. Pry off the hubcap. If you don't have the benefit of air tools, keep the wheel on the ground. Loosen the lug nuts first, then raise and secure the vehicle. For this repair you have to lift up both front tires evenly. Use jack stands to secure it. Then remove the lug nuts, wheel, and tire.
Start off by just lightly spraying the nut with some penetrating oil on both sides of your sway bar link. You want to make sure it doesn't get into the hole on the front of that stud because you want to make sure that the Allen wrench can stay in there. Place an 18mm wrench onto the nut and then, using a 4.5mm Allen wrench, just stick it into that stud. Then, just remove that nut. Now, you may need to clean out the inside of that stud so you can get the Allen wrench in there, on the back here. Ours was filled with dirt. We just scrape it out with a flat blade screwdriver. Then repeat the process that you had done on the lower stud.
On our vehicle we had an issue. We basically got the nut off on the top side. We got it mostly off, but then the nylon locking just locked it up and we couldn't get it out anymore. We're using a reciprocating saw to cut the stud on the sway bar link. We're using that pry bar. We're just supporting it so that the sway bar doesn't move up and down as we're using the saw. Hopefully you don't have to get to this point, but if you do this is how you can overcome not being able to get the nut off or if it's broken or frozen or anything like that.
On the right, is the old link. On the left, is the new one. You can see they are similar and they're going to fit exactly the same. Take your new sway bar link and just put the grease fittings into place. Using a 7mm socket and ratchet just tighten up those grease fittings. Push the studs on the sway bar link back into place. Then twist the nuts into place. Then just tighten up that 18mm nut and hold the inside nut with a 17mm wrench. Repeat the process with the other stud.
Replace your wheel. Replace the lug nuts and tighten them up preliminarily. Lower the vehicle, tighten them the rest of the way and torque each of them to a hundred foot pounds in a crossing pattern.
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Tools used
Torque Wrench
Hammer
17mm Wrench
19mm Socket
Safety Glasses
7mm Allen Wrench
21mm wrench
Gloves
Wheel Chocks
Air Compressor
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1/2 Inch Impact Gun
Okay, friends, one of the first things we need to do to start this job is to safely raise and support the vehicle. I like to raise it directly on the frame. Once you have the wheel off the ground, we're going to remove our center cover. That exposes our 19-millimeter lug nuts. Remove them all and then remove the wheel. Okay. So we took the wheel off so we have a nice, clear view of the sway bar link here. You don't necessarily have to, but it makes it easier to see. What you're going to need is a 7-millimeter Allen head. I'm going to come right in here and I'm just going to give it a couple of nice bonks. Now we're going to take our 21-millimeter wrench, put it right over this nut. The next thing we're going to do is use a ratchet or an air gun, whatever you have, put it on here. And when we turn this, we actually want to try to turn it so we're tightening. It's going to sound weird, but essentially we want the ratchet so it's tightening and the wrench so it's turning to the left. We'll break that free and then we'll go like this, and what you'll notice is it starts loosening up. Remove that completely. There we go. Do the same to the top.
Okay. I'll get my tool off of here. There we are, friends. Once you've compared the new sway bar link to your old sway bar link, it's going to be time for the install. You're going to notice your new sway bar link came with some nice new washers. Those washers are going to go on before you install. Slide them right in, and they're going to go up against this nutted area. Start it in the control arm, and then I'll put it in the sway bar. I'm just going to get this bent down. Slide it right in there. Perfect. We've got our two nuts here. Start them both on. Now it's going to be time to tighten these up. To get onto that nut that's on the inside there, use your 17-millimeter wrench. Now I'm going to use a 21-millimeter and I'm going to snug this up. All right. That bottomed out. Do the same to the other one and then we'll torque them down. Now we're going to torque these to 107 foot-pounds.
It's always a great idea to double-check everything that you removed and replaced. Just make sure everything's secure and good to go. Once you've done that, let's go ahead and get the wheel up on here. Bring the vehicle down so the tire is just barely touching the ground, so it can't spin. And then torque the wheels in a criss-cross manner to 103 foot-pounds. Now it's going to be time to get our center cover on here. If you were to turn it around, you might see something that looks a lot like a valve stem. Line it up with your valve stem and then go ahead and pop it on there.
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