OMFG my sway bar mount broke.
11-23-08, 11:47 PM
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Feel your pain coz it happened to me, trying to tightened that same bolt at the (back sway bar) guess I put to much muscle on it the head went off. Bought a set of bolt & screw extractor from SEARS & one tungsten 1/8 size drill bit from Lowes. I was able to
drill out the nut little by little , I was not able to use the extractor coz every time I try to extract the nut out with it the drill can't move the nut. So I just drill it in the middle
put a hole from top to the other end of the nut & use another bit one size bigger & drill
again until I drill all the (nut) metal out. CAUTION be very careful not to hit the groove
for the nut or else your going to rethread it. Take your time, do it slowly but surely.
drill out the nut little by little , I was not able to use the extractor coz every time I try to extract the nut out with it the drill can't move the nut. So I just drill it in the middle
put a hole from top to the other end of the nut & use another bit one size bigger & drill
again until I drill all the (nut) metal out. CAUTION be very careful not to hit the groove
for the nut or else your going to rethread it. Take your time, do it slowly but surely.
11-24-08, 12:07 AM
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I'll have to go get one of those. I'm sure I'll use it again.Feel your pain coz it happened to me, trying to tightened that same bolt at the (back sway bar) guess I put to much muscle on it the head went off. Bought a set of bolt & screw extractor from SEARS & one tungsten 1/8 size drill bit from Lowes. I was able to
drill out the nut little by little , I was not able to use the extractor coz every time I try to extract the nut out with it the drill can't move the nut. So I just drill it in the middle
put a hole from top to the other end of the nut & use another bit one size bigger & drill
again until I drill all the (nut) metal out. CAUTION be very careful not to hit the groove
for the nut or else your going to rethread it. Take your time, do it slowly but surely.
drill out the nut little by little , I was not able to use the extractor coz every time I try to extract the nut out with it the drill can't move the nut. So I just drill it in the middle
put a hole from top to the other end of the nut & use another bit one size bigger & drill
again until I drill all the (nut) metal out. CAUTION be very careful not to hit the groove
for the nut or else your going to rethread it. Take your time, do it slowly but surely.
Maybe I shouldn't be doing this since it's my first time using an extractor.
01-18-09, 02:00 PM
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Finally got around fixing this.
The problem:
For some reason, Toyota decided to put those bolts that has the vertical cuts on the bolt, which I think expanded and got debris in those cuts over the years...thus locking it. And since the location of that bolt/nut is right where all the debris kicks up, it just got weathered.
The solution:
Drilling/extracting was meaningless. I went through two drill bits. The second drill bit snapped off while inside the bolt
. So bust out your punch and hammer and hammer the **** out of it from the underneath till you punch it through the hole. You will see that the nut is welded on the 4 corners.
Replace the punched nut/bolt. I got OEM bolts from Lexus for like 5 bucks, if that. I planned on extracting the broken bolt out but that didn't happen. I went to a hardware store and got a (don't quote me...) 8x1.25 nut, washer, locking washer, and lock tight. Put it back in place, and walla, you have a rear sway bar.
it's hard to tell but the shiny black bar is my OEM sway bar. The shiny nut on top of that is what I fixed it with.
The problem:
For some reason, Toyota decided to put those bolts that has the vertical cuts on the bolt, which I think expanded and got debris in those cuts over the years...thus locking it. And since the location of that bolt/nut is right where all the debris kicks up, it just got weathered.
The solution:
Drilling/extracting was meaningless. I went through two drill bits. The second drill bit snapped off while inside the bolt
. So bust out your punch and hammer and hammer the **** out of it from the underneath till you punch it through the hole. You will see that the nut is welded on the 4 corners. Replace the punched nut/bolt. I got OEM bolts from Lexus for like 5 bucks, if that. I planned on extracting the broken bolt out but that didn't happen. I went to a hardware store and got a (don't quote me...) 8x1.25 nut, washer, locking washer, and lock tight. Put it back in place, and walla, you have a rear sway bar.
it's hard to tell but the shiny black bar is my OEM sway bar. The shiny nut on top of that is what I fixed it with.
Last edited by kit cat; 01-18-09 at 02:09 PM.
02-04-09, 09:50 PM
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I have a stupid question that I need answered. Why are people upgrading their sway bar? From what I see, the sway end link is so skinny, it won't help you no matter the thickness of the sway bar.
Ok...edumacate me please before I go out an purchase a sway bar instead of upgrading the end link.
Ok...edumacate me please before I go out an purchase a sway bar instead of upgrading the end link.
02-05-09, 06:51 PM
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I have a stupid question that I need answered. Why are people upgrading their sway bar? From what I see, the sway end link is so skinny, it won't help you no matter the thickness of the sway bar.
Ok...edumacate me please before I go out an purchase a sway bar instead of upgrading the end link.
Ok...edumacate me please before I go out an purchase a sway bar instead of upgrading the end link.
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