Parts Needed
Teraflex Disconnects kit

Self tapping sheet metal screws

Tools Needed
Drill with assorted bits

Breaker Bar
WD-40
Big Hammer
Jack Stand & Botle Jack
Doesn't hurt to have a flashlight
Ratchet & Misc Sockets

NOTE: No matter what you think you do not need a Star Drive T-55. It is the right size but that lower bolt is like a wheel stud and will strip the head before it ever turns.

Installing the dissconnects is a fairly easy job. One person can easily do it but it helps to have a buddy there in case you forget something or just get tired of beating...(Thanks Rob). It helps if you soak the nuts overnight with some sort of anti rust stuff.

1. First thing I did was to jack up the front on one side and support that side of the vehicle with a jack stand. make sure you turn the wheel towards the side you are starting on.

2. First thing to go is the old sway links. They come off easily, but I did snap the top of one of them off while removing the nut.


3. Now you have to remove the bolt that was holding the lowwer end of the sway link on. There are several methods of doing this. I picked the worst, but it requires the least amount of specialized tools. Other methods include:
Cutting the head or bolt off then beating the rest out.
Using a C clamp and a large socket to "press" the bolt out.
Torching
I went with drilling and beating. It took a while, plus I had a smallish hammer, but the do come out. I drilled a hole in the head of the bolt anout 1" deep and about 5/16" deep. This helped to heat things up and also weaken the bolt so i could pound it out.

The best pounding method is probably to beat the threaded end up and down or side to side to help loosen it then beat it back out. Like I said it takes a while...

4. Now you can slide the new lower disconnect mount into place. Before you completely tighten it make sure you have the hole for the pin angled correctly. If you don't the pin might make contact with the steering stabilizer bracket.


5. Next job is to simply install the new links in place of the old ones... This is where I had a problem. The new links are about 4" longer than my stock ones.

If you have a 2-4" lift you should be fine, but I was doing this to a stock XJ. I ended up calling Jeepers & Creepers back and we finally setteled on them getting me some shorter ones. Problem is Teraflex doesn't make shorter ones. J & C then agreed to get some more, shorten them and send them out to me (Thanks James).

6. Since I couldn't install the links, I definitely had to do something about the loose sway bar. I went ahead and mounted the straps Teraflex provided. I used a self tapping metal screw that was a little bigger than the dinky screws they provided for the little clip part.


*** 7. Finally got the shorter links. My Shorter links go in the same way the bigger ones go in, but fit better.

8. One thing I didn't really like is how the new links have no upper bushings. I decided to reuse my stock rubber ones, but they were are little thick, so Icut them down a little bit. With out them the links move around and I can't see the bushings hurting anything. Possibly the lack of upper bushings is also what gives some people the noisy links that they complain about.

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