Drummadude
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- 2002 Explorer XLT Blue
Hi all,
This forum is encouraging me to have confidence in working on my Ex myself, but so far I've just done little things, such as wiring. I haven't even done an oil change myself.
I noticed today one of my front sway bar links is nonexistent and I want this to be my first project. I've been hearing clunking and have been lubing the bushings and just happened to notice it THIS time.
I've seen various threads and Youtube videos to understand it, but I have two main questions:
Do I need to jack the car up at all?, and
Do the links need to be torqued to some specs or just tightened?
P.S. When the weather is warmer I want to change my rear differential fluid because it has been leaking from the rear plate. Can that be done without jacking it up? The reason I asked that for both is that I don't have jack stands yet and simply have the stock scissor jack.
Thanks.
This forum is encouraging me to have confidence in working on my Ex myself, but so far I've just done little things, such as wiring. I haven't even done an oil change myself.
I noticed today one of my front sway bar links is nonexistent and I want this to be my first project. I've been hearing clunking and have been lubing the bushings and just happened to notice it THIS time.
I've seen various threads and Youtube videos to understand it, but I have two main questions:
Do I need to jack the car up at all?, and
Do the links need to be torqued to some specs or just tightened?
P.S. When the weather is warmer I want to change my rear differential fluid because it has been leaking from the rear plate. Can that be done without jacking it up? The reason I asked that for both is that I don't have jack stands yet and simply have the stock scissor jack.
Thanks.