Over the past couple of days I have just fitted some front and rear sway bar (ARB) drop links on the old D2. What a PITA the rears were, with the purposely distorted nuts LR use and an accumulation of rust on the threads I ended up cutting off the old nuts with an electric saw alongside the washers. Being the nuts are hardened it eat metal blades rapidly so I ended up with a small angle grinder and metal cutting wheel. I got the job done in the end though, motto, never give up.

TIP: don't bother trying to undo the drop link nuts even with penetrating oil, the M12 threads are far too long, just cut them off. Compared to the front drop links these rear ones were a real PITA.

 

I actually didn't have any trouble with mine, though I think the nuts on mine were nyloc, not distorted.