Bongo Fury

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

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

Or in extremes an angle grinder

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

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.

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.

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!