Tightening nuts on drop links

[college man]

whats the year make model and engine size of the vehicle?

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[Josh3448]

You can dry to use vise grips to keep as much pressure as possible on the shank of the joint to the other linkage, this can help but may not be enough, if its a nylon lock nut that is being reused especially on a rusty component try cleaning rust off the

[dreamer2355]

Can you post pics?

[3SheetsDiesel]

If you look at the threaded part of the link, where it goes into the rubber part, there should be an opening for an Allen key.

[trixyben]

Sorry guys

[college man]

Heres a link that may help._x000D_
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http://fordfocusworld.com/forums/viewto … =25&t=1388

[EricTheCarGuy]

I’ve also wedged a pry bar into the link to put the stud into a bind so that I can run the nut down with an impact.

[trixyben]

It turns out there was an allen key fitting on the bolt, problem is its corroded abit and it just spun on me so no joy with that,,,_x000D_
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Might just have to grind off the nut and replace with new in the end, but kicking myself that something as simple is goi

[college man]

can you post some pics_x000D_
keep double posting. don’t know why? ooops._x000D_

[college man]

can you post some pics?

[EricTheCarGuy]

Depends on the damage to the threads, sometimes they can be rethreaded

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