so I installed my sways that were sitting in the garage after work today...

the fronts were easy, too easy....

but when I got to the rears, both nuts connecting sway bar to link were stripped!!

I also found that one of the engine splash guards that connect to the wheel well is gone.

It makes me wonder what the service people at infiniti are doing sometimes!

anyone have any advice on how to take this nut off? Might just end up taking it to a shop

 

Sooo, what you're asking is how to get your nuts off.

 

lol i knew it was going to come up! sooner or later lol

 

Sorry, I couldn't help it. But seriously; I like to pay someone to get my nuts off.

 

installed my rear swaybar in 20 mins and took the front one to the shop to do it.
I thought front ones were more tricky to install.

 

Go to Sears or any hardware store. They should sell these things that go over the stripped bolt, but make sure you have the right socket size to support them. Basically, you put them over the stripped bolt head and they cut into and grab the bolt and then you take your ratchet and correct socket and take them out like normal. Happened to me when I was doing my exhaust.

 

As Dan_K said you need something like this.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...TOOL&ihtoken=1

I would recommend anyone working on your own car get a full set of metric 6 point sockets. There is a much less chance of stripping out the heads with a 6 point socket.

 

definately, i dont use 10 point sockets for that particular reason.

time to take a trip to sears lol

 

Do you mean the threads are stripped, or are the corners just rounded off?

 

It took me 3 hours to get the screw off. I ended up unbolting the links from the suspension, and taking the whole assembly out with the sways.

I don't know why I didnt do that earlier. I PB Blasted that bastard nut, then torched it, and used the easy out. Eventually it came off lol.

And thank god for Performance Nissan, they had replacement nuts in stock lol.

The rear sways are now on.

The Progress Technology sways barely fit the rears; it's a very very tight fitment around the midpipe. The front is perfect.

I love the feel!