[northern piper]

I've replaced the sway bar links on both sides twice. Not that I'm super human mechanic, but it's a pretty quick job when you've done it once. Here's what I do.

Put the van up on ramps at the front and block the rear wheels. Get 2 bottle jacks or some sort of hydraulic jack and use it to push up the motor mount support area. Loosen the attachment bolt and gradually lower the bottle jacks. I found that the 2 to 3 inches is not right, I don't even know if they'd lower that far honestly. Regardless, by loosening the bolts and lower the frame about an inch you can easily get a ratchet or box wrench in. Once the bracket is off, replace the sway bar bushing and tighten the bracket, push the sub frame up with the bottle jacks and torque to spec. I can change the bushing on each side in less than 20 minutes so it's not a hard job.