Stock panhard bar stuck, please help!

[Rapture]

I can't get the passenger side out. Driver fell right down. I hammered it and it moved slightly. It's soaking in wd40 now. Any suggestions?

 

[Rapture]

Do I need to loosen up that support over the top of it to help spread the panels?

 

[oldVOR]

Yes, loosening the brace will allow the bar to have additional play to drop out.

 

[RED09GT]

I just used a pry bar and wedged it out.

 

[Rapture]

Got that shit!!!

 

[Rapture]

2x4 prying and pulling

 

[Wes06]

you grab a pair, and put some muscle into it. hah

 

[skwerl]

you grab a pair, and put some muscle into it. hah

I prefer to outsmart it rather than out muscle it. I'm too old and lazy to work that hard. If I can reach over with the ratchet and loosen up one bolt and have it fall out, that's much easier than fighting it.

 

[oldVOR]

^^^ +1

 

[Rapture]

I finally got it installed. Getting the new one in was much harder. But I got it with out marring up my car or the bar.

I had to hammer it up. Do you think it hurt the bearings? I used a 2x4 between the hammer and the rod end. Long ways.

I also cannot seem to wrap my head around how to tighten up after adjusting. Do I need to use to wrenches one on the jam nut and one on the bar? I only had a 6inch and 10inch crescent. 6 was too small. Neither wrench would even fit in the passenger side. So how do I do this? I tighten up the driver side as good as I could with holding the bar and using the wrench on the jam nut.

 

[Rapture]

Yes, loosening the brace will allow the bar to have additional play to drop out.

I wish I would have tried this. See I'm lazy too and I would have had to come back up the stairs from the garage to check the torque specs for that. Might not have made it back down...

 

[AbdullaGT500]

The brace is what keeps in tight

 

[Rapture]

I really wish I would have known this prior to installation.

 

[pass1over]

I prefer to outsmart it rather than out muscle it. I'm too old and lazy to work that hard. If I can reach over with the ratchet and loosen up one bolt and have it fall out, that's much easier than fighting it.

my head chef's word's of wisdom was ... work smart, not hard

 

[tjm73]

my head chef's word's of wisdom was ... work smart, not hard

That's from the Disney Duck Tales cartoon. Scrooge McDuck said "Work smarter, not harder." At least that is the first place I ever heard it.

 

[skwerl]

Old Scrooge was one smart duck.