Front Stabilizer Bar Question?
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The ones you just replaced.
The nut that connects to the lower control arm and disconnect just keeps turning and refuses to come off.
Am I doing something wrong or is it just difficult?
The nut that connects to the lower control arm and disconnect just keeps turning and refuses to come off.
Am I doing something wrong or is it just difficult?
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This is what I get from buying a 4Runner from the North....
MAJOR RUST!!!!!!
So I tried everything, after soaking it in WD40...
It refuses to move....
So, I am going to talk to a friends who's neighbor is a mechanic (the guy worked on my olds when it died) and see if he can get it off!!
Hopefully I can get tehre by at least monday or something....
MAJOR RUST!!!!!!
So I tried everything, after soaking it in WD40...
It refuses to move....
So, I am going to talk to a friends who's neighbor is a mechanic (the guy worked on my olds when it died) and see if he can get it off!!
Hopefully I can get tehre by at least monday or something....
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You should have it soak overnight. If that still doesn't work, you can just cut it off. Also, if you have a torque wrench or a cheater bar, that'll help a ton.
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I can let it soak as much as possible (got some issues to take care of)
I am strongly considering just gutting it off, it so badly rusted I'm suprrised I coouldn't just hammer the thing off.....
Torque Wrench i have heard of , cheater bar? Thats a whole new tool to me.
Thanks for the help!!
I am strongly considering just gutting it off, it so badly rusted I'm suprrised I coouldn't just hammer the thing off.....
Torque Wrench i have heard of , cheater bar? Thats a whole new tool to me.
Thanks for the help!!
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I'm sorry, I didn't mean a torque wrench--I meant to say a breaker bar. Cheater bar is pretty much a pipe that you stick onto the end of a wrench so that you've got more leverage. I have an 18" breaker bar that comes in very handy, especially on those rusted parts.
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Okay,
Now is a breaker bar something like a cheater bar, or something completly different?
And can I buy it easily?
If so how much?
New tools mean new things for me to learn.
But always willing..
I wanna be able to work on the 4Runner myself instead of having to ask a mechanic to do it.
And I also need to build up my tool set....
Thanks!!
Now is a breaker bar something like a cheater bar, or something completly different?
And can I buy it easily?
If so how much?
New tools mean new things for me to learn.
But always willing..
I wanna be able to work on the 4Runner myself instead of having to ask a mechanic to do it.
And I also need to build up my tool set....
Thanks!!
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Cheater bars might be free--all it is, is a steel pipe that will fit snugly onto your wrench/ratchet. The breaker I bought is a Craftsman from Sears and cost about $18 or so. One of the best tools I've got in my toolbox.
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I just replaced my endlinks with new factory ones today ($60 each at the dealer). Did this at the same time while installing the new poly sway bar bushings from Wheeler's.
The trick for the end links is to use a 5mm (I believe) hex socket and a 17mm wrench for the actual nut. The hex socket fits into the stud and prevents it from turning while you lossen the 17mm nut.
Hope that helps!
Andreas
I just replaced my endlinks with new factory ones today ($60 each at the dealer). Did this at the same time while installing the new poly sway bar bushings from Wheeler's.
The trick for the end links is to use a 5mm (I believe) hex socket and a 17mm wrench for the actual nut. The hex socket fits into the stud and prevents it from turning while you lossen the 17mm nut.
Hope that helps!
Andreas
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I tired....
But, unfortunetly all the rust made the opening strip...
So now it's just a hug silver hole (all metal now shaved away)
And nothing to grip on....
But, unfortunetly all the rust made the opening strip...
So now it's just a hug silver hole (all metal now shaved away)
And nothing to grip on....
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Did you try using a 22mm (I think?) wrench on the other side? I can see it'd be really easy to strip that allen key, but the wrench should hold. If not---blow torch.
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