Sway bar end link issues

greekbuckeye · Post by **greekbuckeye** » 08 Aug 2012, 19:53

Hello all,

I have been a long time follower of this forum and am finally in need of help so I look to you of more knowledge than myself for help.

I have a '99 S80 non-turbo and I took my car to get it aligned and M*das said the front left sway bar end link was broken and the car needed new outer tie rods. After they quoted me $700 for the job and I said no thanks and bought all of the parts online for around $100. I jacked the car up to get to work and apparently the person who owned the car before me stripped the hex keys for the end links and I do not know what to do now. I do not have a torch and wanted to see if y'all could impart any knowledge upon me for this issue. Thank you.

Post by **jblackburn** » 09 Aug 2012, 01:15

Welcome to the forum!

A monkey/pipe wrench may be able to clamp on and hold the threaded part still while you loosen the nut with a box end wrench.

Coat the bolt liberally in PB Blaster before trying to break it free.

$700 for tie rods?!? Wow.

fn42 · Post by **fn42** » 09 Aug 2012, 07:36

This has happened to me a couple times - worst case you can tear the metal link off the ball, grab the ball with some vice grips and twist the nut off

greekbuckeye · Post by **greekbuckeye** » 30 Aug 2012, 18:30

Thanks for the help guys. My car has been parked for a while because of a multitude of issues and I finally just drilled out the bolt to hammer in an old torx bit and it gripped well enough to remove.