sway bar mounting nuts broke loose...HELP!

[Steve340]

Has anybody ever taken their sway bar off and had one of the nuts that are welded inside the k member break loose? Now I can't get to the nut to keep it from spinning. I guess I could grind of the bolt head to get it out but how am I going to get the new bolt to screw in to the k member again? I can only get my finger on the nut through a hole that is about 3/4 inch in diameter. Just enough that I can feel it turn. I'm open for suggestions on this one.

I got a new K-member from the J-yard when that happened... I used the opportunity to upgrade to cast control arms, and replace all the bushings. It took about 4-5 hours to do the swap.

[omnivore]

take the bar out and change the bushings (if that was your reason for taking it apart) then weld the plate that hold the bar back on.

[Vanquizor]

welding works.... if you're lucky you may also be able to get a nut on the top to jam agains the loose one in the k-frame to hold it while you thread the old one on (don't ask me how, but it just worked out like that on my daytona)

[LaserB]

I had the bolt head snap off and the stud is still on there. I just welded the bracket to the frame and forget about it.

[--No_turbo]

Welded mine but at the time I bought a new bar and poly bushings. Now I keep up with that vette on the S with my Mini (NOT) but better than before