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Offline sean76

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sway bar bolts spinning
« on: February 23, 2013, 06:22:15 pm »
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

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Re: sway bar bolts spinning
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2013, 06:31:06 pm »
You need to use a splined bit to hold the threaded bar part in place while you undo the nut.

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Re: sway bar bolts spinning
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2013, 06:44:45 pm »
Yeah, Ive tried that mate but its all mashed up.

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Re: sway bar bolts spinning
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2013, 06:56:30 pm »
Which flange did you cut off?  Mole grips on the inside collar of the link works well.
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Re: sway bar bolts spinning
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2013, 07:07:00 pm »
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

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Re: sway bar bolts spinning
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2013, 04:12:37 pm »
Vrsalex,cheers for the mole grip idea pal,worked a treat :congrats:

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Re: sway bar bolts spinning
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2013, 01:39:16 pm »
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.