Ran into a problem
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Ran into a problem
Ok so yesterday i began to put on my RSX rear sway bar and in the process i ran into a problem. The problem was with taking off the endlinks. ok i put in the hex key and held it tight while i turned the nut and like it stripped the inside where the hex key went....!!! 
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but yeah what should i do??? im just stuck, i dont wanna buy new endlinks, but i dont know how to get this bar off.
sorry for the blurry picbut yeah what should i do??? im just stuck, i dont wanna buy new endlinks, but i dont know how to get this bar off.
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Rep Power: 247 I can't remember exactly which side I did this on, but I ran across a similiar problem. I'm pretty sure the endlinks don't follow the whole lefty loosey righty tighty thing. So when you were trying to take it off you might have been tightening it instead of loosening it. If its not too badly "stripped" try going the other way with the wrench. I just might not know my directions, but pretty sure thats how they work. Good luck though.
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Rep Power: 304 yea it was backwards, but i got it moving a little, then the hex key just started totating in there and it stripped. BTW this is the drivers side. Also ihow can i go to the other end of it?? like its in this little closed housing that lets it freely rotate, just to the left of the red circle.
Best bet is to replace the endlink(s). I think they're like $10-15 each from Honda/Acura.
To remove the sway bar, the nut loosens ccw. Hold the allen wrench still and turn the box wrench ccw, or pull them toward each other with the nut spinning ccw.
Did you use the right size allen wrench? I think it's a 5mm, or was that the shock/strut size. Hold on, quick search...yep 5mm it is.
To remove the sway bar, the nut loosens ccw. Hold the allen wrench still and turn the box wrench ccw, or pull them toward each other with the nut spinning ccw.
Did you use the right size allen wrench? I think it's a 5mm, or was that the shock/strut size. Hold on, quick search...yep 5mm it is.
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Rep Power: 305 you have to make sure you use a metric sized hex key or you will strip it out. and you'll have to spary lots of lube on the bolt itself so it penetrates the rust, etc.
you only option is to cut the endlink off and replace it, or i've even seen people use vice grips and be able to take off the endlink after it has been striped out.
you only option is to cut the endlink off and replace it, or i've even seen people use vice grips and be able to take off the endlink after it has been striped out.
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Removing the endlink bolts for me was a bitch, infact i think i did break them..
Cause i would try and loosen em (lefty loosey) and they would just continue to spin but no loosen, so in between the endlinke / swaybar / nut, i put some channel locks between the endlink/sway bar to stop it from spinning
Cause i would try and loosen em (lefty loosey) and they would just continue to spin but no loosen, so in between the endlinke / swaybar / nut, i put some channel locks between the endlink/sway bar to stop it from spinning
you have to make sure you use a metric sized hex key or you will strip it out. and you'll have to spary lots of lube on the bolt itself so it penetrates the rust, etc.
you only option is to cut the endlink off and replace it, or i've even seen people use vice grips and be able to take off the endlink after it has been striped out.
you only option is to cut the endlink off and replace it, or i've even seen people use vice grips and be able to take off the endlink after it has been striped out.
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Rep Power: 304 see thats what i did i had a 5mm hex key and i turned CCW! but the durn thing still stripped... like before i used the hex key i soaked the thing in WD40 for like 30 min, thats y there are wet marks in the picture hehe. but durn!!! this just ticks me off... but yeah 10-15 from honda or acura... 
should i just buy some of grey's endlinks u think???
as for the vice grips, me and my friend tried it, and it still wont budge... now the prob is how to get the enlink off... its hard to reach the lover part of it to take it off the frame, even with the wheel off.
should i just buy some of grey's endlinks u think???as for the vice grips, me and my friend tried it, and it still wont budge... now the prob is how to get the enlink off... its hard to reach the lover part of it to take it off the frame, even with the wheel off.
Stop the rumor! The RSX bar is a stock bar so why wouldn't stock endlinks work? RSX and Civic endlinks are the same. The only rear sway that has more of a tendency to break stock endlinks is the Progress bar. Any endlink can break, and it is usually dependant on the driving, but the stock endlinks work just fine.
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Rep Power: 304 Stop the rumor! The RSX bar is a stock bar so why wouldn't stock endlinks work? RSX and Civic endlinks are the same. The only rear sway that has more of a tendency to break stock endlinks is the Progress bar. Any endlink can break, and it is usually dependant on the driving, but the stock endlinks work just fine.
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Rep Power: 412 Stop the rumor! The RSX bar is a stock bar so why wouldn't stock endlinks work? RSX and Civic endlinks are the same. The only rear sway that has more of a tendency to break stock endlinks is the Progress bar. Any endlink can break, and it is usually dependant on the driving, but the stock endlinks work just fine.
1) It is a stock bar, so it probably won't break. The only sway bar that has been shown to break stock endlinks is the progress 22mm because of it's odd shop. The 24mm progress bar comes with endlinks.
2) Saw the endlink off and get a new one. That's all you can do.
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1) It is a stock bar, so it probably won't break. The only sway bar that has been shown to break stock endlinks is the progress 22mm because of it's odd shop. The 24mm progress bar comes with endlinks.
2) Saw the endlink off and get a new one. That's all you can do.
1) It is a stock bar, so it probably won't break. The only sway bar that has been shown to break stock endlinks is the progress 22mm because of it's odd shop. The 24mm progress bar comes with endlinks.
2) Saw the endlink off and get a new one. That's all you can do.
it sound so painful 
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Re: Ran into a problem
i would of thought the vice grip would work 4 sure, thats what we use when the hex on the shocks/strut cover gets stripped and it works all the time...end links im not to sure about...good luck
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