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I thought my car handled good....

Old 10-16-2010, 08:06 PM
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Untill I was putting new calipers on today and saw that the right front sway bar end link(or bushing or whatever) was sheared off the lower control arm. I just had to laugh, becuase it handled fine like that.
I went to advanced auto and got a set a moog (heavy duty) bushings and bolted them up,
now it feels much neater. not a huge difference, but enough to notice. The bushings themself are a blue hard plastic type of material.
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Sure glad you caught that before something really bad happened.
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I snapped a endlink last year. I kept thinking it didn't feel right. Then I noticed it was broke. Fixing it is easy. Glad you found it.
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I thought it might have been the source of the front end clunk, but It wasent. Still trying to figure that one out..
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Front end clunk is more than likely an engine mount or Strut mount.
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