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Sway bar end links!

Old Apr 17, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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Sway bar end links!

im replacing my struts on my ss sc and whenever i try to get the nut off the sway bar end link where it connects to the strut it just spins and spins and doesnt loosen. help!
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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Wrench on back side also
Edit i may be thinkin of the wring bolt
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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there is no place to put a wrench
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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right behind the sway bar. push the rubber back a bit, needs to be a thin wrench (16mm if I remember right...probably not tho)
Mine were rusted in place, so I just snapped the endlinks right off and replaced them. The nut youre supposed to put the wrench on is a really weak metal (aluminum maybe?) and my wrench stripped the thing! Tried vice grips too and it just kept stripping it more and more.
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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Honestly I had the same problem, I have to torch mine off and then just replaced them with new ones. New ones are actually better because they come with a nut and a hex key socket so that you can hold it in place
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:36 PM
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Mine also kept spinning when I tried to get them off. Just cut off that rubber boot and grabbed the stud with a pair of vice grips and soaked the nut down with pb blaster
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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I used bolt cutters to grip the stud while a friend unbolted it.
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 12:05 AM
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Mine also kept spinning when I tried to get them off. Just cut off that rubber boot and grabbed the stud with a pair of vice grips and soaked the nut down with pb blaster
Yeah, he might as well replace em then.
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by kdub1492
Honestly I had the same problem, I have to torch mine off and then just replaced them with new ones. New ones are actually better because they come with a nut and a hex key socket so that you can hold it in place
This is what I did too. Probably your best bet, especially since the new Moog ones have the nut and hex.
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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Yeah, he might as well replace em then.
Why wouldn't he in the first place? If they won't come off right obviously they are shot.
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by kdub1492
Honestly I had the same problem, I have to torch mine off and then just replaced them with new ones. New ones are actually better because they come with a nut and a hex key socket so that you can hold it in place
Same here. I even tried vice grips, and they just shredded the bolt. A cutting torch made quick work of it.
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