Patent ID: 6929273

Claim:
A method for installing a sway bar assembly in an automobile comprising the steps of: providing a stabilizing bar having a first end and a second end; securing the stabilizing bar of the sway bar assembly to a frame of the automobile so as to permit rotation of the stabilizing bar about a longitudinal axis thereof; providing a pair of end links, each end link comprising a fastener having a head that is captured in a socket formed in an end of the end link, a threaded shaft extending from the head away from the end link, and at least a portion of the shaft adjacent the head having a non-circular shape; inserting the respective fasteners of the end links into apertures formed in the first and second ends of the stabilizing bar until the non-circular portion of the shaft of the fasteners cooperatively engage complementarily shaped inner surfaces of the apertures so as to prevent relative rotation as between the fasteners and the apertures; threading a nut onto the shaft of each of the fasteners using but a single tool to do so; and, coupling ends of the respective end links to a pair of lower control arms.