turboEclips
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- Aug 5, 2002
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TX
OK, here is the deal.... I recently got my car from Nebraska, so it has some rust to it. I was working on installing my front suspension, and ran into a problem with the stabalizer link that goes from the fork that hold the shock to the sway bar. It is a 14mm nut, as most of you know. I remember on my gst....i would place a allen wrench into the bolt part of it, and that would hold it in place while i removed the nut. Since the car is a little rusty, that bolt would not really accomidate the proper size allen wrench..... which i managed to strip the inside of.
Now when i turn the nut, the entire thing just spins...so I am not able to take the nut off. I have tried pulling the stabalizer link toward the control arm, hoping that the bolt would not spin with the nut. I also tried lowering the car on the opposite side, so that there would be more pressure on the sway bar, but still not help.
Has anyone messed up this before, and if so...how did you manage to take the nut off.
Here is a pic....in case some of yall don't know exactly what i'm talking about. It is the nut circled in green on the front of the fork.
Now when i turn the nut, the entire thing just spins...so I am not able to take the nut off. I have tried pulling the stabalizer link toward the control arm, hoping that the bolt would not spin with the nut. I also tried lowering the car on the opposite side, so that there would be more pressure on the sway bar, but still not help.
Has anyone messed up this before, and if so...how did you manage to take the nut off.
Here is a pic....in case some of yall don't know exactly what i'm talking about. It is the nut circled in green on the front of the fork.
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