Front drop Links

[georgey]

Hi Guys, decided to change my front drop links and ARB bushes any tips on how to get old nuts off? Thanks Geoff.

[westonwarrior]

soak in penitrating fluid (wd40) and use an extension on the spanner/socket set

Or in extremes an angle grinder

[lazyb5]

Brute force and swear words also an extension bar on your ratchet helps

[Simon Jones]

Drop links sometimes require use of angle grinder to chop the nut off. Roll bar bushes can be tricky: I managed to shear a bolt on mine, so had to have the captive nut drilled out and new nut and bolt fitted.

[Northern Bongolow]

just done all mine today and new wishbones as i had a ball joint rubber split.
be prepared to cut off the droplinks, and a good tip from lazyb5, lubricate the anti rollbar bushes with grease when reassembling as per the manual.

[Blueskai]

If the old ones are self locking, the locking is caused by having plastic in the thread, you can tell by the presence of a coloured ring around the bolt. I removed mine by getting a blowtorch on it, repeatedly heating the nuts and loosening them until they gave up. It worked a treat.

Unfortunately the new Bongo I have doesn't have this and so it was angle grinders at dawn and a very happy son who watched the fireworks from the opposite side of the road. Note to self - wear a hat for the nearside one!