{"id":77678,"date":"2021-06-18T14:29:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=77678"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:29:24","slug":"stabilizer-link-2016-chevy-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/06\/stabilizer-link-2016-chevy-equinox","title":{"rendered":"Stabilizer Link 2016 Chevy Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Went to the mechanic and he said the struts needs to be changed. Changed both of them and its still making a popping nosie when going done a bumpy road to when I turn the wheels side side. It is not affecting the driving or stopping but I&#8217;m already about a grand in to and I want it to stop what else could it be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strut mounts if they were not changed at the same time. Ball joint worn or stabilizer links(most common). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stabilizer-bar-link-kit-r-r\">STABILIZER BAR LINK KIT R&amp;R<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FRONT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Remove front tire and wheel assembly.<\/li><li>Remove lower front stabilizer shaft link nut, Fig. 1.<\/li><li>Remove upper front stabilizer shaft link nut, Fig. 1.<\/li><li>Remove front stabilizer shaft link, Fig. 1.<\/li><li>Reverse procedure to install, noting following:<br \/>a. Torque lower stabilizer shaft link nut to 55 ft. lbs.<br \/>b. Torque upper stabilizer shaft link nut to 63 ft. lbs.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2016-chevy-equinox-stabilizer-link-kit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2016-chevy-equinox-stabilizer-link-kit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2016-chevy-equinox-stabilizer-link-kit.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2016-chevy-equinox-stabilizer-link-kit-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2016-chevy-equinox-stabilizer-link-kit-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fig.1 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to the mechanic and he said the struts needs to be changed. Changed both of them and its still making a popping nosie when going done a bumpy road to when I turn the wheels side side. It is not affecting the driving or stopping but I&#8217;m already about a grand in to and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/06\/stabilizer-link-2016-chevy-equinox\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stabilizer Link 2016 Chevy Equinox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16933,"featured_media":77694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-chevy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16933"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}