So my sway bar bearings need replacement and after doing all of my other suspension parts myself I thought how hard could taking 2 bolts off be to replace the sway bar bearings? Sure, they're not conveniently located but I have enough adapters in my tool box to reassemble a nuclear submarine.

However, upon inspection, I noticed that one of the bolts is covered by the frame of the car. Clearly, someone before me likes to play cruel tricks. Any ideas of how to approach this bolt?

 

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Ohhhhh there's a super secret hole to get at the second bolt from underneath, thank you sir!

 

Looks upside down, I'll have a look at mine, but I don't remember the bolt going that way

 

The video that RJ posted showed how to take it off. There's a peek hole underneath to stick a socket into then put a wrench on the nut that's in the pic.

 

The solution sounds worse than it is. Loosen the 2 big bolts holding the LCAs and drop the fame an inch, or 2, then you can get to the reverse torx. That is how "the book" says.

The problem you will have is that the nut is a squeeze nut.

 

Thank you guys, this was incredibly easy. First bolt comes right off, second I used a 15" wrench to hold top nut in place (in picture) and came up from the bottom with a 3" extension and a 10mm to loosen bottom bolt. Once top nut was loose, I used a pry bar to push down on the bolt from the top to force it down a little for clearance to remove the top nut. No special tools needed, changed bushings faster than an oil change.

 

It has a capture washer on the bolt under the nut. If you hold the washer and turn the bolt far enough you can remove the nut.