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‘23 hybrid with ~35,000 miles. Started to hear a faint knock sound from the front driver corner. This would happen with small bumps on occasion and got more noticeable as time went on. Couldn’t find any thing with the truck lifted up. Found some threads on here about the sway bar end links going bad and seemed to match up.
Ordered the MOOG sway bar end links. Took off the old ones the other day and replaced with the new ones.
Found that the driver side lower ball joint on the end link was much more difficult to move than the top one. The replacements in, no more knocks/noises.
EDIT:
I forgot to mention, I jacked up both front sides individually to get the full front end raised and on stands. Jack stand towards the front closest to the tire and the jack behind it while allowing room for jack and stand adjustment. I have a Daytona jack and wanted to use the jack cross bar that is made for it. It’s only good for the lateral side. It is not long enough to go horizontally to the pinch welds.
The lower mount on the end link needs torques to 85 ft lbs. It is a tight fit to get most conventional torque wrenches in there. Probably need a stubby with a crows foot to accurately torque it down.
Ordered the MOOG sway bar end links. Took off the old ones the other day and replaced with the new ones.
Found that the driver side lower ball joint on the end link was much more difficult to move than the top one. The replacements in, no more knocks/noises.
EDIT:
I forgot to mention, I jacked up both front sides individually to get the full front end raised and on stands. Jack stand towards the front closest to the tire and the jack behind it while allowing room for jack and stand adjustment. I have a Daytona jack and wanted to use the jack cross bar that is made for it. It’s only good for the lateral side. It is not long enough to go horizontally to the pinch welds.
The lower mount on the end link needs torques to 85 ft lbs. It is a tight fit to get most conventional torque wrenches in there. Probably need a stubby with a crows foot to accurately torque it down.
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