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Originally Posted by PHL08
I had to throw up the white flag. I had all the right tools and got the left sway bar link for $50.
When I tried to remove it I had no problems getting the nuts off the bolts. What I couldn't do, however, was get the bolts to come out of the holes because they weren't lined up. I would get them out partially and then nothing other than getting a saw to cut the links would do it. I had to button it back up and take it to pep boys. .9 hours of labor..$95. Oh well.
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I had the same issue doing my passenger side tonight. I stuck a jack stand under the wheel, forget where I positioned it, and let some pressure off the wheel by letting the jack down. It came right out smoothly. I would suggest you let some pressure off of the wheel when doing this, makes things much easier.
On a completely different note, I got the upper nut tight then went to torque it, was set to 41 ft lbs, clicked it once and then once more to ensure it was snug and snap! Broke the torx end off in the bolt. Luckily it was torqued to spec so no need to change anything but if I ever need to remove it looks like me or someone else will have to use vice grips to hold the bolt and then remove the nut. I would just suggest being careful to only use the torx to hold the bolt and not to turn the bolt unless you are using tools off the Snap-On truck. My T40 was a weak Husky brand. Other than that wonderful write up and fixed my issue.
Lastly, my part for the passenger side only cost $26 from autohausaz[dot]com so not sure why everyone is paying so much for them.