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I decided to pull all four wheels off and inspect the suspension and steering components on my max. Thankfully all of the boots were good, and so was most of the rubber bushings. The exception was the front stabilizer bar (correct term?) they were cracked bad on both sides. How much of a job is it to replace these?
Right in the middle:
Also there appears to be a leak, but I couldn't tell what fluid as I couldn't get an identifiable smell from it, but it appeared to be on or from that cylinder right in the middle of the photo
Here's the pattern in the wheel well
Did not appear to be from any boot (they're all good) or the oil filter, or any brake component (totally dry on the outside).
This is passenger side front.
The sway bar links and bushings aren't difficult to replace, especially if you are also replacing the struts at the same time (the sway bar is easier to access with the strut removed, but can still be done even if you don't). The sway bar bushings come split. The split faces towards the front of the car.
I recommend Moog K9988 sway bar bushings (they are sold in pairs, so only buy one box) and Deeza NI-L639 sway bar links (sold individually).
I decided to pull all four wheels off and inspect the suspension and steering components on my max. Thankfully all of the boots were good, and so was most of the rubber bushings. The exception was the front stabilizer bar (correct term?) they were cracked bad on both sides. How much of a job is it to replace these?
Right in the middle:
Also there appears to be a leak, but I couldn't tell what fluid as I couldn't get an identifiable smell from it, but it appeared to be on or from that cylinder right in the middle of the photo
Here's the pattern in the wheel well
Did not appear to be from any boot (they're all good) or the oil filter, or any brake component (totally dry on the outside).
This is passenger side front.
Thoughts?
It looks like fluid is being thrown around your wheel well (belts if you sprayed a bunch of belt fluid?) Or it's probably leaking down from the power steering resavoir
That just doesn't look like a leak to me by looking at the picture of the wheel well, it's so high up its not leaking from inside the fender unless there's holes there and in that case the only fluid above it is the power steering resavoir
It looks like fluid is being thrown around your wheel well (belts if you sprayed a bunch of belt fluid?) Or it's probably leaking down from the power steering resavoir
That just doesn't look like a leak to me by looking at the picture of the wheel well, it's so high up its not leaking from inside the fender unless there's holes there and in that case the only fluid above it is the power steering resavoir
You know I did have a power steering leak which was fixed last August, I suppose it's possible it's just remained there ever since? I'll scrub it off and see what happens.
The sway bar links and bushings aren't difficult to replace, especially if you are also replacing the struts at the same time (the sway bar is easier to access with the strut removed, but can still be done even if you don't). The sway bar bushings come split. The split faces towards the front of the car.
I recommend Moog K9988 sway bar bushings (they are sold in pairs, so only buy one box) and Deeza NI-L639 sway bar links (sold individually).
My sway bar links were broken!
What would be the difference/advantage of Moog ones vs factory?
05-29-2018, 08:51 AM
