Cheers everyone , especially Pysta

No way am I doing those rear ball joints, I'll settle for doing the front arms. Encourage alternative fuels, use all the petrol!
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You'll have to re use the top washer on the drop links if new ones weren't supplied, they need to be there and are a hardened steel for wear

Rats .... ok thanks dingg1. I'll do it when I get a deep 18mm to tighten things up properly  Encourage alternative fuels, use all the petrol!
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The washer should be put back on. Also it doesn’t go on the “obvious” side behind the nut but behind the drop link. If that makes sense. On the thread before the drop link is pushed on.

As said above, it’s hardened steel and is there to reduce wear. John
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Thanks weegie, I was wondering  Encourage alternative fuels, use all the petrol!
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Strongly advise for further jobs like this you invest in an good cordless impact wrench. Mechanics use these not just to save time but because the rapid hammering action frees up seized threads far more easily than simple torque. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

I agree 100% Encourage alternative fuels, use all the petrol!
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I bought a Ryobi R18IW3-0 18V ONE+ mainly for getting the wheels on and off which it does very well ( final tightening with a torque wrench) but have used it on other bolts. If I was buying again I'd get one with a shorter body to make sure I could get behind things. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Chrali wrote:

I was also sweating buckets in the 28 degree heat.

... so when changing these stabiliser rods out, you typically have the wheel off and the hub is hanging... so there is tension on the anti roll bar, and the stud at either end is angled, with nut removed.and if tapped out, wont go back in with the new one. so you have to use and axle stand. (your first one is under the subframe for safety,) so lower that, and use a second on the brake disc spacer, between the bolt holes and disc face.. to allow the car to settle, lowering a little bit at a time, then the bolt will be dead straight, and fall out. then swap out, knowing you have safety with other axle stand set much lower under the car. (or the wheel pushed under) as your 2nd stand on the disc spacer is not ideal to be gettig your head under the car/wheelarch...and refit new stabiliser, then rejack car. remove etc.
as youve found out, -leaving a car on a jack, and working on it, is like gambling your life, and families' future, on a 10p rubber seal from China.

Cheers all.

Oh no I would never go under an unjacked car with the wheels off. I used my 3ton Sealy axle standards. The jack failed when I was trying to lift the L322 higher so I could remove the stands. It was a Sealy jack which I expected to be better than my lesser rated ancient Halfords one.

28 degrees was not fun. I wasn't using power tools to get the wheels off, lifting and lowering the FF on both sides with the standard scissor jack; so much twirling for my little office worker arms and fighting rusty nuts. Perhaps it was the humidity and being outside, or I'm just a wimp, but hey I'm British what do I know about the sun, except more than a couple of days is too much of it

I put the hardened washers on correctly yesterday, and obviously it was so much easier this time around. I was able to line up the links on refitting without any problems by pulling on the sway bar (I assume).

I can't wait for a sensible 16 degrees  Encourage alternative fuels, use all the petrol!
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