amateur question about front strut install

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  1. ronlewis

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    the stabilizer bar link doesn't line up with the hole on the new strut, a couple of inches apart. How do I lower the link? I bolted the strut in and jacked on the rotor, it didn't want to go any higher. I gotta do the other side as well - did I do something wring when taking the strut off that allowed the stabilizer bar to rotate up so far?
     
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    Well, that was stupid. I knew it would be. Yes, I'll be jacking up the other side now.
     
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    Amazing how that works. Got it all back together.