# Stabilizer pin

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/stabilizer-pin/18372>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 19, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stabilizer-pin/18372 "2008-08-19T03:39:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PM1756](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@PM1756](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PM1756)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stabilizer-pin/18372/1 "2008-08-19T03:39:25Z")

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HOW DO YOU REPLACE A FRONT STABILIZER PIN ON A 2002 FORD EXPLORER? THE ONE IN THERE NOW IS BROKEN  
  
  
  
  
  
 PHIL

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stabilizer-pin/18372/2 "2008-08-19T12:19:25Z")

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Usually when a stabilizer bar end link has broken, it’s rusted to the point where the mounting hardware won’t budge. When that happens, it requires an oxy/acytelene torch or a high speed cut-off tool to remove the broken link.

Tester

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stabilizer-pin/18372/3 "2008-08-19T15:17:40Z")

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otherwise, pretty simple. One long bolt, through the plastic sleeve with one nut ont the end.