I am going insane trying to remove the rear sway bar links but the bolt is turning with the nut.


Am I missing something, please help, this is frustrating me.


~Thanks

 

Yes, you have to hold the bolt in place with an allen wrench in the tip of the bolt. If the bolt is heavily rusted, this won't work well. If the Allen wrench isn't perfectly sized, it won't work at all, either not fitting or just stripping out. Your best bet for a wrench is to get the heavy duty steel metric ones in a set. You want the nut to break free before the wrench strips the bolt, the wrench breaks, or the wrench deforms. I have had all three of those happen.

It's a painful design decision in my opinion. Aside from one my Mazda's that I have got to early on in life, I have ended up cutting off the OEM end links and replacing them with easier to deal with designs.

 

So... there is a place on the tip of the bolt for an allen key?!?

Why couldn't I find this hole while being under the car for the past hour?!?

I will take another look in the morning, a bit too dark out there now.


~Thanks

 

If you're replacing them with new ones just cut them with a saw saw. Best route.

 

Impact never fails me with the end links. If theyre badly rusted and you're replacing them then you can always cut em off with one of my personal faves, angle grinder.

 

+1 for the angle grinder, it is hard to do with a sawzall. If an impact wont get them off, just cut them. Mine were also impossible to get off. After doing my coilovers, I had to buy lower control arms, endlinks, and a swaybar. Talk about unexpected and expensive, but that is what I get for not doing enough research.

 

If you are replacing them its easy to knock the link part with the socket off...then you can hold the ball part with vicegrips