Just changed the droplinks on my 2000 V8. What a PITA. Should have been a quick job but 17 year old Nyloc nuts on rusty threads take some shifting. 17 winters of UK salty roads have rusted away the 7mm spigots so nothing useable to hold the shafts while undoing the nuts. Finished up heating the nuts with a butane torch to soften the nylon, winding them off as far as they would go and then sawing through the shaft with a small cut-off tool.
But it has cured the annoying low speed rattle from the front when driving over small bumps and it will keep the MoT tester happy.
Eric
Church Stretton, Shropshire, UK