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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Settings on October 23, 2010, 01:47:19 pm

Title: sway bar link removal (softball question)
Post by: Settings on October 23, 2010, 01:47:19 pm

After changing my first ball joint and tie rod end I was just removing the sway bar link when I just got called in from the garage in order to "parent"  :)

I only spent a few minutes on it, but it wasn't entirely clear how it was going to come off. I removed the nut and was able to pry the sway bar up to lift the link out of it's hole; but how do I get it off the sway bar itself? I just started reefing on it when I had to come in...but is that it? Rip it off, bang on the new one?

Title: Re: sway bar link removal (softball question)
Post by: Settings on October 24, 2010, 08:36:36 am

Yep. Yank, cut, pull, scrape.
I cut the bushing as much as possible and just kept pulling until it came off. Put a little K-Y on the new one and hammered it on with a socket.