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Old 05-11-14, 05:18 PM
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Old 05-11-14, 06:58 PM
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I think if you post this in the suspension area, you will get more help. See if you can get a compact gun in there. It should pull it right out.
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Old 05-11-14, 07:15 PM
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if you take the stress off the other side aka remove the lower section of the suspension parts on the driver side, I bet that endlink wont turn and will come right off. Sometimes you can just jack up the whole front end and do it but might be easier with out the other lower section
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Trying this now.
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Old 05-11-14, 08:26 PM
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omg, mine was the same problem, it was a nightmare on the passenger front between that sway bar bolt and the strut bolt both angling up and getting stuck, We took another jack and jacked the a-arm and you need to find the right point to kind of even it out, Took me about 2 hours on that one friggen wheel. Good luck. you will eventually get it, use something to hammer it out from the other side. the threads on mine got a little screwed up so we made sure we used the original bolt and rethreaded it on and recut the threads in a vice grip.
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tried everything and still no go....

-tried jacking up the lower arm at all heights, but the angle never changed, at least not noticeable or make a difference.
-tried removing the lower two bolts that hold the hub on to swing the rotor assembly out of the way (fsport instructions).
-popped the upper a-arm ball joint off didn't do anything (that's how we did the front driver side).
-tried removing the top of the endlink that connects to the swaybar, but it was even more crooked than the lower one.
-tried hammering a punch to knock it out, but the threads catch on the other end not allowing it to fully come out.
-tried NYKnick101 suggestion to remove the bolts on the driver side to try to relieve tension, but the damn sway bar endlink was coming out crooked now too! so we ended up putting the driver side back together lol....

i'm out fresh of ideas at this point...

here are some pics...

passenger front:
lower endlink on the control arm



upper endlink on the sway bar



we did notice something looked off here, but didn't take note before uninstalling everything so not sure if normal...
passenger front:


driver front:
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If your installing coilover no need to mess with it. I never touch that on mine. I just did the two upper control nuts and the whole spindle just drops. Make sure there a jack in the spindle to hold the weight up.
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Originally Posted by laobo979
If your installing coilover no need to mess with it. I never touch that on mine. I just did the two upper control nuts and the whole spindle just drops. Make sure there a jack in the spindle to hold the weight up.
are you talking about the two bolts that hold the upper a-arm? but wouldn't that be the same as popping off the upper ball joint? http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...Install086.jpg the lower control arm barley dropped down even after popping the upper ball joint off. tried stepping on it with body weight but didn't make much of a difference.
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Yes that how I did mine and I did it all myself with no issue. Maybe get some heavier then to hold it down while you pop it out from the top. I did what he did here https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...our-isx50.html. All I can say it worked easy for me.

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I was going to say, I never touched my end links with my coilover install. But, since you've torn them all up now, time for a new F-sport sway AND new new links.
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Have you tried to unbolt the drive side coilover so that the there is no pressure on the swaybar.
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