sway bar bolts spinning

[sean76]

Evening all.been doing coilovers today on my 57 plate gt sport and the sway bar bolts on the nearside were just spinning sooooo as I was getting rid of the stock dampers I cut the flange of so I could carry on and get the strut out.
My question is if I cant undo the bolts tomorrow to refit to the new coillies will I be ok to drive to work (8 miles) and then order a new swaybar from the garage across the road and then fit the new one when it arrives.

  Cheers sean

[Baz300]

You need to use a splined bit to hold the threaded bar part in place while you undo the nut.

[sean76]

Yeah, Ive tried that mate but its all mashed up.

[vRSAlex]

Which flange did you cut off?  Mole grips on the inside collar of the link works well.

[sean76]

Ok cheers will try that.its the flange where the swaybar bolts onto the leg.if I cant sort it will I be ok to travel to work

[sean76]

Vrsalex,cheers for the mole grip idea pal,worked a treat

  cheers sean

[stubert]

Most of the time with something that is a ball joint you can get away with putting a bind on it to stop it spinning.  Mine were all corroded so i ended up bashing a torx bit in to counter hold it while I un-did the 18mm nut.