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Originally Posted by OffroadX
The real trick will be getting the bar ends out of the anchors, they rust in there something fierce.
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Thanks for your reply, Brent!
Both broken ends popped right out; no heat or persuading needed. In fact, the splines still had factory grease on them. (I marked both ends of the bars and sockets with a steel scribe before removing anything. I also measured the free threads on the adjuster bolt before removing the nuts.)
The locknut on the adjustor bolt took most of the hour I spent getting the parts off. I sprayed all the nuts/bolts with oil last night, so it wasn't too bad. Lots of running the locknut up & down with the impact wrench, then the adjuster nut came right off.
Because of the way the bar broke, I was able to hoseclamp the two pieces together. I lined up all the scribe marks and put the two end sockets on the bar. I'll make up a 2x4 jig to hold the parts at the angle they were before they broke, so when I get the new bar I can get it somewhat near the correct angles.
The new bar,
part # 54010-7Z000 Spring,front $57.12 + S/H: $9.95
, was just ordered from Nissanparts.cc.
Right now I'm trying to figure out a way to drive the X while I'm waiting...Maybe replace the shock with a steel strut, just to have it in case of an emergency...
