Sway Bar end links stuck

porma

New Member
Hey all, just wondering if anyone's had issues replacing their front sway Bar end links. The collar is completely rusted to the bolt and I haven't had any luck hammering it out. I tried grabbing the collar with pliers and impacting the bolt but ended up just rounding out the head. As a last resort I've taken an angle grinder to it and was left with a little bit of the collar above the control arm so I'm planning to just carefully grind it away so the bolt can come out.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I could go about it? I don't like using the grinder since there's a risk of damaging other parts + the sparks flying up near brake lines and boots are making me kinda nervous.

Thanks in advance
 
You can try a nut splitter, but otherwise the grinder is actually your best option. You can take out the head of the bolt or the collar nut.
 
Alright thanks for that, I guess I'll commit to the grinder for now and maybe give the nut splitter a go for the other side
 
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