Replacing endlinks, do I have to use a jack, and a torque wrench?

[dogcmp6]

To replace the end links on my 2004 e, do I have to jack up the car, or is it possible to do it with the car on the ground? Also do I need to use a torque wrench and torque them to a specific amount?

 

[Tyleryac]

When I did my sway bar end links, I jacked up the truck and I used a torque wrench.

 

[drdoom]

+1 Tyler.

 

[dogcmp6]

When I did my sway bar end links, I jacked up the truck and I used a torque wrench.

Thanks, I read somewhere it wasn't necessary and I'm new to doing my own repairs, but I want to make sure I'm doing it righr

 

[Tyleryac]

Thanks, I read somewhere it wasn't necessary and I'm new to doing my own repairs, but I want to make sure I'm doing it righr

Always use a torque wrench when necessary. Make sure you torque the wheel lug nuts when you put them back on to 100 Ft. Lbs.

 

[ROBinGa]

When tightening the nuts on the top and bottom of the sway bar end links you don't use a torque wrench but rather you tighten them until the rubber bushings swell out to equal the washers that sandwiches the rubber bushing.

 

[swshawaii]

Ditto ROB if using aftermarket end links such as Moog. The OEM end links with hard neoprene bushings torque spec is 18 ft/lbs.

Stabilizer Bar and Link Front Removal and Installation
https://www.scribd.com/doc/272685792/Stabilizer-Bar-and-Link-8212-Front-Removal-and-Installation

 

[drdoom]

FYI not certain if this applies your model, but MOOG just updated a lot of their end links to hard urethane and OEM torque specs. Last their reps, during one of their stops at the local parts house, this was one thing they talked about. I had to get some for a 2G and they were sure enough different, with "use OEM torque specs" printed on the plastic bag.