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Originally Posted by halfprice
Both the sway bar and the link have to move. Sway bar moves up and the link moves back. They will line up. Usually a bottle jack, or any kind of jack you have, is needed to move the sway bar up. And the bottle jack is definitely needed to do the other side after the first bolt is attached.
Wish you lived by me I would help you out with it. It takes about 15 minutes to do.
Jerry
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Jerry is spot on here. This is exactly what I had to do as well. The bottle jack did the trick on raising the sway bar into position. I felt the same way! I remember thinking, "these *#%^ things aren't going to line up!" But, for lack of a better term, you gotta manhandle the links and pull them down into position. Then use a persuader (ball peen hammer) to persuade the bolts into the holes. On mine, it looked at first like the leaf spring was going to prevent me from reinstalling the bolt through the link and the sway bar. In all honesty, I got mad at the dang thing, and knocked the #%^* out of it with the hammer. Whaddya know?!? It went right in! I was definitely frustrated because I expected a 15 minute fix; mine was anything but! But it can be done. Best of luck to you, and keep us posted!
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