Wow at the responses here!

OP, do yourself a favor and go get either a pitman arm puller or a tie rod end puller. Cut some of the stud off, press out. I did both sides in like 5 minutes flat. Don't waste your time with a torx or even a BFH. Unless you're mad and have steam to blow off. LOL

 

Haha yeah, a lil pb and a pitman arm puller and they'll pop right out

 

the hex head is on there in case the nut just turns the whole stud if the splines strip while needing to replace the sway bar end link. this way you can hold the stud from spinning to get the nut off.

but yeah, it got me too the first time. lol.

 

put a socket just bigger over the head and a big c-clamp to press it out. the torks head will go in the socket

 

I cracked a c clamp building my leafs I dont trust them

 

PB blaster, heat, and a BFH removed mine with very little effort. I didn't think about the pitman arm puller at the time I did mine or I probably would have used that method.

 

I think that torq bolt has gottin a lot of us.lol

 

If I stopped using ever type of tool I've broken I'd be left with nothing but finger nail clippers. Just buy a bigger/better one.

 

Air hammer. Makes life easy.

 

hahaha knew exactly what bolt it was when I read the title. Yeah they wont unscrew so leave it alone unless its broken.

 

I know, I just meant it as a way to say do it right and use a pitman arm puller. But it was sketchy as **** when it cracked, springs shot open, did use a bigger clamp, then a vice grips when it was already closed.

 

You need to buy a better tool than that cheap Chinese junk.

 

Pretty sure it was just old, as far as tools, i buy USA as much as possible.

 

Well China has been around for a long time.

I think the old USA stuff was made better. They were more worried about quality and durability back then, than the lowest price/highest profit.

 

Lol, china has. But by old i mean probably been sitting outside where I found it for half my life, covered in rust but still turned and clamped down..... Then POP