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How to Replace Sway Bar Link 2001-10 Volkswagen Beetle

Created on: 2014-06-26

How to repair, install, fix, change or replace broken, worn, or rattling front stabilizer sway bar links on 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, Volkswagen Beetle

  1. step 1 :Removing the Sway Bar Link
    • Hold the 10mm Allen bolt still with an Allen wrench
    • Remove the 16mm nut with a 16mm socket
    • Hit the sway bar link out and remove the 17mm bolt
  2. step 2 :Installing the Sway Bar Link
    • Push the sway bar link into place and replace the 17mm bolt
    • Replace the 16mm nut

Tools needed

  • 16mm Socket

    17mm Socket

    Jack Stands

    Floor Jack

    10mm Allen Wrench

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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace a sway bar link on this 2001 Volkswagen Beetle. We show you on the passenger's side, but the driver's side is the same procedure. The items you'll need are a 16 and 17mm socket and ratchet, a 10mm Allen wrench, and jack and jack stands.

Your sway bar link is located right here, and up top there is a 16mm nut, and on the other side of it is a 10mm Allen bolt. Using a 10mm Allen wrench, hold the bolt still while you remove the nut with the 16mm socket. Then just hit that out, and remove this 17mm bolt. The sway bar will just pull off. Take your new sway bar link, push it into place and then replace that 17mm bolt and that 16mm nut.

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