HELP! Sway bar end link NUT!

[wood_e]

Well as I am trying to finish up my 96 brake upgrade I noticed that one of my sway bar end links (that the ford dealer serviced a few months ago) was completley off the strut (where it connects). The bottom is well secured, but the top was off. I can't find the bolt anywhere.

Where can I get a bolt that fits??

<small>[ January 17, 2004, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: wood_e ]</small>

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

somebody is bound to have one...
it seems that everyone but me has a parts car these days

If you dont get much response here, try posting a want-to-buy ad in the classifieds thumb

 

[wood_e]

Well as ridiculous as this sounds i need this today... I was wondering if anybody knew where I could get one quickly. Maybe i could give the ford dealer a call?

heh, if I had a parts car I'd use it wink

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

well, how about this:

pull the bolt off of the other side, and take it with you to find a new bolt from a hardware store?

My SHO is in a friends garage all torn apart right now, and I have the endlinks off... but Im 12 miles away frown

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

oh jeeze, brain fart.

Are we talking about a NUT, or a BOLT?

 

[wood_e]

OMG I am a effing retard! A NUT..... and yeah my local ford dealer had one.

A better question...

I have it on there pretty tight. Are there any washers that space setween the nut and the end link (on the strut)

EDIT: editited the title for clarity/ me being dumb

<small>[ January 17, 2004, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: wood_e ]</small>

 

[fricker66]

There are no washers on the end links.

 

[wood_e]

dang, I thought that would be the answer. I can't under my own power tighten down my end link and theres willl about 1/4th inch of play at the top

 

[autobahnsho]

Cheater bar!

A long section of steel pipe on the end of the wrench helps get some muscle on it.

If the 96 is like the early models, you might have to put a socket on the end of the bolt and use an endwrench on the nut...

 

[SHOZ123]

If there are threads left under the nut then it isn't fully tightened. On the top you should be able to get an 8 mm wrench to hold the stem. Do not use an impact wrench.

 

[speedy91]

I have a set of heavy duty endlinks down in Des Moines if you are interested in them.
Eric