Member Since: 16 Feb 2016
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 164
Rear ARB Drop Links...
Had the ball joint fail on the NSR Drop Link. Got the old one off, (well, it pretty much fell off!!) but now got to tackle getting the remains off the roll bar/arm....
Any ideas/tips on an easy way, as there's sod all room to get the spanners in... Got the car on a stand and tried raising/lowering the arm to get more clearance. TIA
They're not that expensive and you'll need them for torqueing the nuts up.I see no ships........
15th Mar 2017 5:19 pm
sweetpea54321
Member Since: 23 Nov 2015
Location: Bolton
Posts: 212
Flack wrote:
Just cut the nut off with a 4" grinder..
Flack
Agreed... ended up doing this on mine....
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New wheel winch
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15th Mar 2017 6:08 pm
DiscoStoo
Member Since: 16 Feb 2016
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 164
Flack wrote:
Just cut the nut off with a 4" grinder..
Flack
Lol If I had one....
15th Mar 2017 6:44 pm
DiscoStoo
Member Since: 16 Feb 2016
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 164
SpiderBaby wrote:
IIRC when I changed mine many moons back I used a crows foot spanner - something like these:
They're not that expensive and you'll need them for torqueing the nuts up.
That probably would help!!
15th Mar 2017 6:46 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10360
Yeah I used a grinder on mine. Well I only got half way, but the heat it put into it was enough to remove with tools.
15th Mar 2017 8:31 pm
DiscoStoo
Member Since: 16 Feb 2016
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 164
Gave up, was getting dark, work light went went flat... I'll borrow my father in laws girder tomorrow... Thought, after a few turns of the nut it would free off, but no. Still as tight as it was when I first moved it, plus, the stupidly small 8mm hex end gave out and I resorted to mole grips... Not tackled the top
one yet, that should be fun... Looks like there's barely enough room for a spanner, nevermind a grinder!?
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