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Old 05-16-2008, 03:34 PM
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so i noticed this.. front drivers side. looks like it just came undone. not sure what this piece is. tierod maybe?? take a look.

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Old 05-16-2008, 04:45 PM
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That's your sway bar endlink. Looks like the attachment to the vehicle broke.
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Old 05-16-2008, 06:01 PM
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is that retachable? or do i need to get new endlinks?
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Old 05-16-2008, 06:07 PM
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You're going to need a new strut... It sure looks to me like it ripped the endlink mount off the strut itself. And if one side did it, the other isn't likely far behind.

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Old 05-16-2008, 06:30 PM
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Out of curiousity what front struts and front sway bar are you running?
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Old 05-16-2008, 07:12 PM
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ah ha now its making sense. past few weeks ive had a slight vibration in the steering wheel and it go worse at higher speeds. I also noticed the right side has a god awful clunk. that must be the right side getting to come off eh???

right now its all stock. ive got the dspecs waiting to go in so im good there. Will i need to replace the endlinks at all or even need a swaybar??


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Old 05-17-2008, 08:48 AM
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WOW.

you're supposed to SLOW DOWN when going over speedbumps lol.

time to put those d-specs in.
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Old 05-17-2008, 10:27 AM
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ah ha now its making sense. past few weeks ive had a slight vibration in the steering wheel and it go worse at higher speeds. I also noticed the right side has a god awful clunk. that must be the right side getting to come off eh???

right now its all stock. ive got the dspecs waiting to go in so im good there. Will i need to replace the endlinks at all or even need a swaybar??
I reused my stock endlnks when putting in my D Specs and a new front bar. Provided yours is not damaged you should be able to use the endlink again.

It is somewhat scary to think that the stock parts fail like this. Do you corner really hard?
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not at all. i rarley get on it and never corner too too hard. but hopefully i can reuse the endlinks and bar. ill check it out soon.
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Old 05-18-2008, 02:36 AM
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so i noticed this.. front drivers side. looks like it just came undone. not sure what this piece is. tierod maybe?? take a look.

[IMG]local://upfiles/83440/480FFDE50FC14D868650D520C0C7AA61.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]local://upfiles/83440/E98F673495F24226AB62BAC4BE0E1621.jpg[/IMG]
Hi sweetlou69,

Sam pegged it. What is all that wet looking stuff all over the inside of the wheels, cotrol arm and fender liner? If you didn't just wash your car you may also have a brake fluid leak. Stop driving the car and have it checked right away asyoumay havedamaged the brake line and as you can imagine this could be dangerous to say the least.

HTH!
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