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will a loose front sway bar end link cause:?

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myblack98gst

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Jun 22, 2003
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
while putting my springs on the end link bolt (on the passenger side) stripped out and I cannot get it to go on tight...
at the same time I also welded the differential solid. but these are the only 2 things I changed..



while driving in 5th if I mash the gas the car kind of feels like it pulls to the right, not really a torque steer type pull but more like the car just heads that way??

and clue?

only thing I could figure is the loose link allows the left side to lift more and the steering to pull the car right?
 
I doubt that it's the sway-bar or anything related to it since (a) these don't do a whole lot when you're going straight (or straightish, in your case) and (b) when a link breaks, the bar ceases to have an effect on either side (assuming the mounts aren't jammed).

More likely... With a welded diff, you must make sure that your tires are extremely-well matched in diameter. Even a difference in tire pressure will cause the car to drift to one side.

- Jtoby
 
With my end link broken. I can feel the alignment off. My cars alignment has always been good and before it broke it was fine... SO now that I see its broken I can feel in on that side. Also when I cut my wheel hard in reverse I feel a dragging feeling as the bar and link move around and hit things
 
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