Hello,
Revisiting 2 very old threads here
1. Rear sway bar bushing bolts ?
2. 2003 Expy XLT: Rear sway bar bushing bracket/holder bolts spin
I didn't see any solution on either unfortunately. So changing out the sway bar bushings and links on a 2005. The brackets for the sway bar have a bolt that feeds from the top down and the head of the bolt is round and flat and it looks like a roofing nail. There is a clip that attaches underneath between the bracket and body I believe is meant to help keep the bolt from spinning but it is a terrible design. It might work once but we are talking 20 years now. It's useless.
I was able to actually get the nut off with vice grips holding below the nut and once low enough, above the nut.
Now I'm re-installing and it's brutal. Air, impact, nothing helps. The bolt spins and spins. I went back to the vice grips but that clip keeps falling out of place and I want it gone.
Has anyone come up with a makeshift solution as you have no access to the head of the bolt?
I'm trying to find a comparable bolt that has an end with a hex tip like there was on the linkage. Just a little 8mm hex tip on the end of the bolt would be perfect.
Thank you all
Revisiting 2 very old threads here
1. Rear sway bar bushing bolts ?
2. 2003 Expy XLT: Rear sway bar bushing bracket/holder bolts spin
I didn't see any solution on either unfortunately. So changing out the sway bar bushings and links on a 2005. The brackets for the sway bar have a bolt that feeds from the top down and the head of the bolt is round and flat and it looks like a roofing nail. There is a clip that attaches underneath between the bracket and body I believe is meant to help keep the bolt from spinning but it is a terrible design. It might work once but we are talking 20 years now. It's useless.
I was able to actually get the nut off with vice grips holding below the nut and once low enough, above the nut.
Now I'm re-installing and it's brutal. Air, impact, nothing helps. The bolt spins and spins. I went back to the vice grips but that clip keeps falling out of place and I want it gone.
Has anyone come up with a makeshift solution as you have no access to the head of the bolt?
I'm trying to find a comparable bolt that has an end with a hex tip like there was on the linkage. Just a little 8mm hex tip on the end of the bolt would be perfect.
Thank you all