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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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i'm a new member but have been looking over the forum for a while and have noticed everyone has had a problem with the end links. i just replaced mine today and wanted to answer a few questions that i know people have had.
first if you wanna pay about $70 a piece at a dodge dealer go a head but you can go on rockauto.com and get two for about the same price also i have an 05 3.7l 2wd and rock only list them for 06 and up so i emailed them and they said they would not fit then i contacted the manufacturer and they said they would. long story short i ordered them and guess what they fit go figure i think the only dif from 05 to 06 is the bumpers are painted the same color as the body. any way you can change the links yourself with no lift just get under the truck and use a 15mm for top nut and 18mm for bottom but you will need to use some vise grips to keep it from turning while taking them off and putting the new ones on. also loosen up the sway bar its self to get the old ones off and new ones on. i hope this helps some people out.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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Thanks for the info. I am sure it will be helpful to the others
 
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 09:40 AM
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Another tip is to put on some antisieze compound so that it makes it easier to remove (hopefully) if you need to again.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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I agree with just loosening the sway bar itself. Made the job take about 10 minutes.
 
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