JoeFromPA Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Took me another ~2.5-3 hours to do the front endlinks. I struggled mightily to break loose the bolts with the car on 4x4s (suspension loaded). Wasn't happening. I probably spent 1.5-2 hours trying to do it. I wound up getting 2 bolts loose - then the allen holes stripped out when the endlinks started to move around while I was applying alot of force to the bolts. I then said to hell with it, I don't know why the suspension needs to be loaded to do the install. I took the front wheels off and spent 30-40 minutes with an angle grinder removing the old endlinks. It's very tight, and I had to spend some significant time first grinding off the endlink then getting the bolt close enough that it could fall out - I had to grind right up into the sway basically. Vastly easier this way. With the wheels off, it took me 5 minutes to install and tighten the driver's side endlink and then another 10-15 minutes to do the pass side (it had no wiggle room, so it was a real bear to get the bolt through the endlink and sway bar). Tightened it up, put the wheels back on, put the suspension back on the 4x4s, re-torqued the bolts (God Bless Kartboy for switching to a NON-allen 17mm hex bolt). Took it out for a drive - 90% of my clunking and noise is gone, and that's with the original bushings. I need to go back to OEM straps apparently to fit the new whiteline bushings. At least that job shouldn't involve any grinding....or will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xero287 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Noo it won't. lol. i have the whiteline RSB bushing and no grinding was required. ALTHOUGH, i see that the OEM strap BENT? I suspect a DC pothole is responsible, but still. I wonder how much force was required to make it bend upwards without breaking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFromPA Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I removed the rear bushing brackets no problem. The fronts looked a little more stripped and I didn't have to remove them to get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05.GT.Ryan Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I wish I had read this before attempting it.. I now have a car with rounded nuts... I'll grab a dremel or grinder and chop away tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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