I recently had an adjustable Whiteline front sway bar installed and wanted to play around with the different settings (soft/mid/hard). Ran into a road block though when trying to remove the front end links to slot it into a different hole in the sway bar.

So I managed to get the 2 x 14mm bolts off each end of the end link but then it wont budge.. tried banging it out on either side to no avail.

Is there a trick to it or am I missing a step somewhere? Any help would be great!

 

bump.. anyone?

 

sounds like its rusted in the hole. just spray some penetrating lube on it, let it sit for a couple minutes then try wacking it out with a hammer.

OR i have seen some swaybars that have the end link holes too small so you almost have to thread the endlink bolt/stud into it. if this is the case try unscrewing it from the bar.


I hope one of those options help.

 

thanks John.. I'll give it another go

 

Sway bars are pretty much another spring on the suspension. If there is tension on the bars, you will have a difficult time removing the end links.

Try removing the tension off of the sway bar by jacking up the car, and putting some sort of jack stands or additional jacks under the wheels to eliminate the tension. Lower the car enough where there is no tension. the endlinks should slide right out.

Also, you want to make sure the car has minimal preload on the sway bar while at its static state - Might need adjustable endlinks for that though.

 

I think this is my problem..too much tension in the bar. I'll try doing this then.. thanks for that!

 

^^ This worked a treat.. thanks heaps for that!