OEM Dodge Neon Sway Bar Kit

Dodge Neon Sway Bar Kit Parts and Q&A

• Stabilizer Bar, Rear
  4656511AB
  Q: How to Service and Repair a Rear Sway Bar Kit on Dodge Neon?

  A:

  First, hold the vehicle up and remove both wheels and tires from the back before repairing the rear sway bar kit. Remove the nut from the rear sway bar link bolts and pull the bolts out through the top of the link to take out the link on each end of the sway bar. Remove the bolts on each cushion retainer, then take the retainers, cushions, and sway bar as a single assembly off the frame rails. Take off the retainers from the cushions and push each cushion out through the trial slit in the foam. To install, pull open the slit in the cushion and wrap it around the sway bar, making certain the slit is matching the ends of the bar. The flat side on top is for your comfort. Cover the cushions with retainers, then place the bar, cushions, and retainers as a group assembly in the car, making sure the dipped end of the bar faces downward. Position both bolts into the sway bar cushions on the frame and don't fully tighten them. Attach the link center sleeve and its bushings to the sway bar end and to the bracket from the strut, securing the first sway bar link bolt through the sleeve, inner bushing, the link rod, bushings from the strut, and bolt. Then install the lower bushing and a nut without tightening it. After the assemblies are back in place, start tightening the wheel stud nuts with lock nuts, first in the beginning sequence to half torque and follow the process again to reach the full torque specification of 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.). Place the vehicle at the same height as the ground or curb and install the rear sway bar cushion retainer bolts to 34 Nm and the sway bar link nuts to 300 inch lbs. If it is needed, complete the process by setting the rear toe on the vehicle to the right measure.
• Stabilizer Bar, Rear
  5272258AB
  Q: How to Remove and Install a Sway Bar Kit on Dodge Neon?

  A:

  Raise the vehicle first and then take off both the rear wheels and the tires. Then, undo the nut from the end of every rear sway bar link bolt and remove the bolt through the top of the link to separate the link from both ends of the bar. Then, unbolt each of the two cushion retainers from the frame rails, take out the cushion retainers, cushions, and sway bar all together. Slide the cushion retainers off the seats and then take out the cushions through the slits in each cushion. To install, lay the cushions over the sway bar by stretching the slit and making sure both ends are toward the direction of the ends on the sway bar. Secure the retainers onto the cushions, fitted to their shapes and set up the sway bar with the cushions and retainers all joined, so the central dipped section is underneath. Put two bolts in the cushion retainers along the sway bar's length, but do not completely tighten them yet. Install a sway bar link by fitting the center sleeve and both bushings between the sway bar end and the strut mounting bracket, put the bolt through from above, adding the lower bushings and nut at the bottom. Install and tighten both tire and wheel assemblies, putting in the nuts in the right order up to 67.5 Nm (50 ft. lbs.), then repeating this order up to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.). First, adjust the vehicle so it is at ground or curb height, then gently tighten the rear sway bar cushion retainer bolts to 34 Nm (300 inch lbs.) and the sway bar link nuts to 23 Nm (200 inch lbs.). If it is needed, set the rear toe on the car according to its specifications.