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Guys, as some of you know, I'm dealing with this strange wobble in my car. I've been aligned, balanced, rotated, turned, dialed in, run out, and all this mess. So last night I was retracing my steps from my front end suspension work I did a few months ago while reading through the manual. I came across a part that I remember gave me some trouble. It was the stabalizer bar link connector. I read in the manual that it calls for 70lbs of torque on the bolts. I rememeber these were loose, and didn't seem to want to tighten. The problem chart indicated "pitching and swaying", which is pretty much my problem. When I get any wind whatsoever, the car's tracking pitches and sways. I don't think it's the rack, since I don't have any free play in my steering. It could be the tires, that was the #1 pick in the manual, but they look fine. My question is this: What are the "real world" symptoms of your stabalizer bar links going bad or loose? Here is a picture of the part I'm talking about. It is #4 in the picture.

Thanks guys!

:cheers:

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Update: I checked the links last night and the bolts are about to fall off! Apparently I did not tighten them enough and they have wiggled loose, big time loose! I'll post up the results later, getting it fixed today.

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If a sway bar is broken or loose it will cause the car to roll more in corners and change its oversteer/understeer properties

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