SO I am installing coilovers in my 05 coupe. I did the drivers side of the car already. I am working on the passenger side front now and encountering a problem

I removed the sway bar nut which faces the front of the car. But when I remove that nut it changes the angle (the sway bar moves up a bit which makes the bottom of the screw hit the suspension arm) of the screw it's coming off of. The angle of the sway bar link screw changes in such a way that I can't get it out. I tried banging on it with a rubber mallet, I tried using a hammer with a piece of wood in between. I even tried changing the height/angle of the other side of the car and still no luck.

Do I need to take the sway bar off on the other side? I am hoping to avoid that. Any ides would be much appreciated.



<p>



<p>

 

The only suggestion I have is to jack another side of the car and remove the wheel. This will remove any twist on sway bar.
Or instead of removing lower sway bar nut, try to remove end-link to sway bar nut. But it may be even more difficult.
Good luck!

 

If you have another jack just place it under the lower control arm adn jack it up untill the endlick moves enough to just slide out. When I changed my springs I ran into this problem, but once you compress that side enough the endlink bolt will just slide out...Good luck hope that helps

 

^+1 Just get a jack and jack the control arm bacj up into place.

 

Thanks guys, I finally got it. Going in for an alignment this week. WIll post pix afterwards.

 

PLEASE HELP ME !! I’m stuck in the same situation, the bolt just won’t budge for nothing, and that stupid sway bar end link bolt is Stuck in angle and won’t budg, and it’s so aggravating cause the other side came out with no problem at all, and this side is just frozen. I’ve been at this thing for 2 weeks now with no progression... please tell me how you were able to get it out, thank you

 

Just take off the lower control arm, it's just 2 more bolts.

 

plus the ball joint nut.

My linkage was seized up it was a beach to removed.