Im trying to replace my sway bars with the amg ones but I dont know how to remove the front nut from the end link. It just keeps spinning. There is nothing to stop the bolt from moving. How do I take the nut off? Thanks.

 

wow that was a big pic.... sorry

 

Someone already posted a thread on DIY swaybars. STFF

 

I did search and I found the diy from rlee02135 and here is the pic from his car. His is different than mine.

 

Repost/resize your pic so its easier to see without people having to DL it to view it properly. Maybe you should PM him for tricks as well.

 

Okay, I figured it out...

 

whats on the other side of the bolt in the middle?
post a pic of it....

 

cool. did you do the rear yet? cause its gonna be a PITA

 

I did the rear first. It took about 20min. Im having problems with the front bar. I cant seam to get it out. I have the car jacked up and both wheels off the car, but the bar just wont come out. Is there a trick to it??

 

did you follow my DIY and take out the inverted torx bolts?

 

Yea. I looked at your DIY, but I dont have any inverted torx in the front I have bolts. The sway bar gets stuck on my drive shaft and I cant pull it out any further.

 

pics?

 

Nah, I didnt take any. I think Im going to wait till I get my lowering springs and install the front bar at the same time.

 

So you have a 4WD C-Classs? Even if you do, I find it hard to believe that the front driveshaft is that far forward. The front swaybar should just fall out when you remove the 4 bolts holding it to the body and the 2 bolts on the endlinks.

 

The suspension should be under load when removing the sways...it makes things much much easier to remove. If you can, get some ramps to drive up on so there is load on the suspension.

 

Yea its the 4-matic.
It cant just fall. There is frame in the way.


I tried it with the car jacked up and on ramps. Still nothing.

Im going to put it back on ramps and take some pics.

 

Okay, here are some pics.

 

Blah, i can't see the pics, work blocks photobucket

 

Damn work, lol...
Okay, you should be able to see them now.

 

Sorry I can't help. That must be a 4matic AWD car. It looks totally different from all other W203 chassis. Not sure how you get to the frame mounted swaybar bushings, and how you snake that bar out.

 

I got the bushings out; it’s removing the sway bar from the car that I can’t figure out. I think that I’m going to have to wait until I install my lowering springs, and I have the suspension out of the way. I hope that the AMG sway bar will work with the 4matics.

 

Hmmm, that is interesting. There's gotta be a way to manuver the sway bar around the chassis so that it slides out. Have you gotten the bolts loose so that you can move it around? Its probably like a puzzle.

 

Yea I removed all 6 bolts and the sway bar moves, but I just cant get it out from under the car. It either gets cought on the drive shaft or the frame. If I was 100% certain that the AMG sway bar would work and that I would be able to get it in there I would have taken a sawzall to to stock bar. lol

 

LOL, just take a saw to it

Hmmm...is there any way to loosen or remove that bar that is blocking it? Or is it welded to the chassis and pretty much there and can't move it? Perhaps someone here has a Bently service manual that can look up the removal of the sway?

 

The sawzall is looking mighty tempting.

I think that its welded to the chassis