Handling the vehicle especially on corners will be poor.
I had a vibration in my 2002 and I replaced the sway bar and sway bar links.
You have to remove the end links, then remove the sway bar bushings (there are two) and the sway bar will come out. Sway Bars usually do not need to be replaced unless they are bend or completely broken. It is usually end links being worn or the bushings being warn out.
A little more information. Year/model. Some sway bar links become loose because of wear and the links continue to work but make a noise when the front end hits a bump. Other sway bar links will break altogether and the vehicle will lean excessivly when going around a corner.
The links go on the end on the sway bar and hook to the suspension. Bushings are used to connect the sway bar to cars frame.
A sway bar is a torsion bar mounted laterally on a suspension and is designed to reduce side sway. The sway bar attempts to accomplish this by transferring movement from one side of the suspension to the other. This is done through the connection of a torsion bar to each side of an axle by flexible links. (Sway bar links)
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Check the front sway bar and sway bar end links. I suspect one of the sway bar end links is broken. Auto parts stores carry the replacement link kits and are easy to replace.
$40 a piece for the sway bar links and $50 for labor
Broken sway bar or sway bar links.
Check your sway bar links. I just had to have these replaced on my 2004 Tracker.
I had sway bar links replaced on my 2003 Ford Escape. Cost- $220 w/ labor. The parts are pretty cheap of course and easy to install; it's the "book" labor that jacks up the price.
Very Simple, Raise the cars front end, remove the wheels, remove the sway bar links on each side. Remove the two bolts on the bracket holding the sway bar on each side and then wiggle it out. I just replaced my rack and pinion and had to remove the sway bar to have more room to work and it was not hard at all.