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Went to fix the trackbar end with lukes link. I knew things werent gonna be easy when the cotter pin wouldnt come out. It was almost straight and could rotate around in the hole, but I was stripping off metal with a pair of vicegrips. After 2 hours of this and prying with a screwdriver on the loop i used the old redneck approach. Which is to spin the nut off and it will shear the pin off. Easy enough, right? Wrong, it twisted the ball stud in half.
So a quick trip to car quest for the moog bar. $191. 93 later I was beating the heck out of the bar trying to get the stud out of the frame. I thought the little gear puller I had would fit in there and pop it right out. Nope, it was 1/8" too narrow. So 3 hours of beating the heck out of it later it finally came out. I was working alone. Prying didnt work, Bent a 1 1/2" thick steel pry bar prying on the crossmember. I couldnt get a big swing on it and hold on the the punch at the same time. I ended up duct taping a big 1" steel rod to the spring aimed at the ball stud. Grabbed the 20# sledge and it fell right out on the 5th swing. I was tempted to torch it out, but I didnt thing I could cut the stud out and not screw up the bracket.
Now for the record part.
I spent 8 hours beating on this thing to do a 1 hour job.
and
This was my origional track bar at 118,308 miles + 15% due to tires.
I was gonna replace it over a year and a half ago, but when I changed tires the death wobble stopped. It was starting to come back, and I had only 1/2 turn of play in the steering. The ball stud was about ready to fall out of the bar.
So a quick trip to car quest for the moog bar. $191. 93 later I was beating the heck out of the bar trying to get the stud out of the frame. I thought the little gear puller I had would fit in there and pop it right out. Nope, it was 1/8" too narrow. So 3 hours of beating the heck out of it later it finally came out. I was working alone. Prying didnt work, Bent a 1 1/2" thick steel pry bar prying on the crossmember. I couldnt get a big swing on it and hold on the the punch at the same time. I ended up duct taping a big 1" steel rod to the spring aimed at the ball stud. Grabbed the 20# sledge and it fell right out on the 5th swing. I was tempted to torch it out, but I didnt thing I could cut the stud out and not screw up the bracket.
Now for the record part.
I spent 8 hours beating on this thing to do a 1 hour job.
and
This was my origional track bar at 118,308 miles + 15% due to tires.
I was gonna replace it over a year and a half ago, but when I changed tires the death wobble stopped. It was starting to come back, and I had only 1/2 turn of play in the steering. The ball stud was about ready to fall out of the bar.
