Something I discovered: Rear Sway Bar Links

[ENGINR]

Something most of you probably know, but this initially caught me out on Saturday when I was installing my new rear control arms...

When undoing the sway bar links I could not for the life of me figure out how to stop the threaded portion turning when I kept trying to undo the nut. After much stuffing around with a pair of needle nose pliers I got the RHS link off the arm, then turned my attention to the LHS. Upon closer inspection I saw that there was a hex-key recess at the top of the thread which had been caked up with mud and crud :fuuuuu:

So once I cleared that recess out and put a hex-key in there to stop the thread turning, it was a piece of piss!! Made doing the sway bar links up after swapping in the new arms much much easier.

Oh, as a side note - when I took the Coupe in to get a wheel alignment done, we found that ALL the camber bolts had stripped threads. From talking to the Beaurepairs guy, apparently this happens in older cars over time and is just wear and tear. Might be something to monitor guys so you don't get caught out like I did.

So I have to postpone the wheel alignment until I can get new camber bolts and nuts. What a pain in the arse. :fuuuuu::fuuuuu:

 

[DOUGMO]

yeah, thats how you can do them up tight shayne.

the bolts are available new from mits still but you need the washer as that is part of the eccentric adjustment too.

 

[mannynz]

Most of them have the flat surface to put an open ended spanner to hold it.
I replaced my front sway bar links just last week.

 

[nk]

lol, had me confused the first time around too.
the camber bolts are about $13 each from memory, and yeah it's common wear and tear.

 

[gsr-mat]

go whiteline, adjustable ftw, if they are 13 each and u need 4 for the front of the car for eg, whiteline arent that much more...

 

[DOUGMO]

i think shayne may be refering to the rear camber bolts on the control arms in the back of the car not the front

 

[ENGINR]

Yep - the rear camber bolts (Part # MB809335). The Mitsu dealer across the road from the Beaurepairs in Campbellfield (sorry Trav - it was an emergency - my car was on the hoist and I needed the parts STAT!!) had 3x bolts and 2x nuts and 2x spring washers and no flat washers in stock!! WTF!?

So I've got a bolt I can't use because there wasn't a nut for it!

 

[DOUGMO]

i had too wait a couple of weeks for mine shayne so you were doing well to find some in stock.

 

[evopwr]

haha yeh shayne it took me a while to realize about the hex head inserts too

 

[gsr-mat]

i think shayne may be refering to the rear camber bolts on the control arms in the back of the car not the front

yeah my bad, must of been drunk again...

 

[MNTL]

i wish i had of read this before doing my rear sway bar
i used vice grips!!

 

[ENGINR]

:lol:

You'll know for next time mate!

It's one of those things you overlook because you don't believe the answer could be so simple!! :fuuuuu: