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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Stripped the NUT on my Front Swaybar!

So i stripped the nut on one of my driver side stillen sway bars... (The nut that you remove to change the stiffness of the swaybar)....

CAN ANYONE HELP ME GET THIS OFF??? lol
I bought a replacement nut.. I just need to figure out how to get the stripped nut (rounded edges. haha) off.

Can anyone in SOCAL help?
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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just buy a new link.. aside from that take off the bar and take off the other end of the link and put a vice on that **** and twist..
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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thats the thing.. i cant take off the bar.. the nut is stuck!!! haha
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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wanna help me eric?
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:35 PM
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i used this work like a charm....

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...=bolt+stripper
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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thats the thing.. i cant take off the bar.. the nut is stuck!!! haha
why not? the bar is connected to the link.. take off the link???

- Eric
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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is it easy to remove just the nut using that tool???
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by johnjayb
is it easy to remove just the nut using that tool???
it does look pretty easy doesn't it. Go buy it so we can try it later at my house. meeting got cancelled, going to dinner now, i'll give you a call when i'm done.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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Now you stripped a nut? I thought you had experience doing this kinda a stuff? Well its better than stripping the inside lol. By the way your sways are on hard hard now?
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:18 AM
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well actually my front sway is at medium/hard. lol and back is medium.. after stripping the nut... i got pissssed haha
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 12:51 AM
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if u have a drill, buy an extractor from pepboys.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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JJ you dumba$$!!
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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Now you stripped a nut? I thought you had experience doing this kinda a stuff
i thought JJ busted his last nut after he popped that pill.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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drill that sucka off
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Here's a guy that know all about nuts......!

Originally Posted by richie
drill that sucka off
I'm a big fan of Richies upper strut bar but the hardware included with his
bar is some of the worst I've ever seen! Looking at the threds on the bolts
there anything but cut correctly, obvious Korean or Chinese quality. Try
getting one of these off once you've tightened and it's stripped.....talk about
busting your nut......Oooffff!
 
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