How do you remove end links???
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Melting Slicks
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From: Bay Area (Danville) CA
How do you remove end links???
How do you get the nuts off of the endlinks? I notice that the nut and bolt spin together and I have no idea how to get it apart. I see that the bolt as that odd shaped hole in it but what tool do i need?
thanks.
thanks.
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That "odd shaped hole" is a hex socket and takes an allen wrench. Use the allen wrench to hold the bolt in place while loosening the nut with a wrench or socket.
Burning Brakes
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Snap On makes a great tool for this...
http://image.snapon.com/international/pdf/lp5slim.pdf
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....group_ID=20219
http://image.snapon.com/international/pdf/lp5slim.pdf
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....group_ID=20219
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Melting Slicks
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From: Bay Area (Danville) CA
I didn't think about using a vice grip. I'll try that out. I had a flat head screwdriver in the hole while using the wrench to try and loosen the nut but it wasn't happening.
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Melting Slicks
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If you have an air impact wrench, more often than not, you can just 'shoot' the nut off very quickly without having to do the allen key thing.
Will even see in directions on coil overs and other items similar, it says as an alternate means for nut removal is the use of an air gun.
Has worked for me 100% of the time. (shocks, ball joints, steering knuckle parts and the like)
Will even see in directions on coil overs and other items similar, it says as an alternate means for nut removal is the use of an air gun.
Has worked for me 100% of the time. (shocks, ball joints, steering knuckle parts and the like)
