How to Replace Rear Sway Bar Links 2011-19 Ford Police Interceptor Utility

Take the center cap off. You can use a pry bar, you can use a rag so you don't scratch anything. Just get under here, pop it off. Then we're gonna take these lug nuts off. Use a 19-millimeter socket and set the wheel off.

So, I'm gonna remove this nut right here. I'm gonna use a 15-millimeter socket. And to prevent the stud from spinning, I'm gonna use a 17-millimeter wrench. Take that off. All right. Now, I'm gonna take the lower nut off. The stud is probably gonna spin, but I'm gonna try just taking it off first. I'm gonna use a 15-millimeter socket. And yes, that's spinning. All right. So, I'll use a 15-millimeter ratchet wrench and a 7-millimeter socket just to hold the stud from spinning. And loosen up the nut and take the nut off, and you can slide the link right out. We can take this cover off the old one, take the new link and slide it through the cover just like that and slide it right back through the sway bar, back through the knuckle, and put the nuts on. Then I'm gonna take a 17-millimeter ratchet wrench and the 7-millimeter socket to hold the stud from spinning and tighten it up. Snug that up. I'm gonna snug the other one up before I torque both of them. Do the same. And I'll torque these nuts to the 41 foot-pounds.

All right. Put the wheel back on. And put the lug nuts on, then I'm gonna torque these lug nuts to 110 foot-pounds and I'm gonna do it in a star pattern to tighten the wheel down evenly. And just go around again, double-check. Take the center cap, line it up and tap it on.