Can I use a grinder to cut off my track bar?

Gollywomper said:
It shouldn’t take too much effort to shear the remaining pieces of cotter pin, unless you are battling severe rust too.
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Well the cotter pin is sticking out on both ends a little bit but not enough to where I can put or push it through and I can’t really get the socket on it correctly
 
Can you get a punch in there and fold the cotter pin up and out of the way of the socket?

Keep in mind that cotter pins are soft. All they do is keep a loose nut from spinning.
 
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jjvw said:
Can you get a punch in there and fold the cotter pin up and out of the way of the socket?

Keep in mind that cotter pins are soft. All they do is keep a loose nut from spinning.
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I might be able to get a punch in there but I had to take the driver Side wheel off to get access to all of this stuff.
 
Just put a socket or box wrench and turn off the nut. It will shear off the cutter pin easily. I have done this dozens of times on various steering joints. Last time was replacing my trackbar too.
 
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