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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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Broken End Link Help

So, one of the end links on my sway bar is snapped in half, and a replacement isn't due until the 3rd of September or so ( ). Assuming I drive the car like a grandma between now and then, do the experts out there figure this'll be ok? Also, do you figure it would be a good idea to go ahead and disconnect the end link that is not broken? Thanks.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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Soz to hear that ScudRunner. Are you running aftermarket sway bars with stock end links? And did the end links just broke during regular driving?

Im asking cuz I got the RB sways, but no end links since I didnt like the idea of drilling larger holes.

Thanx.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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Actually I have the RB Sways and the RB links...but, I believe now that I installed the new end links "backwards," so the load on them wasn't the way it was supposed to be...and since I have the RB links, the only thing I can replace them with is the RB links...food for thought...
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 06:30 PM
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I had thought about that very problem. When I saw your post, I thought you broke the stock end links and were waiting for them to come in, at which point I would have suggested getting the RB end links... but you are already there.

I knew a guy who kept several spare universal joints in his offroad truck because he had a tendency to break them. It's a bad affair. Perhaps order an extra set this time for safe keeping?
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 06:39 PM
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yes the plan is to order a few sets when they're back in stock...
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