Thanks for the heads-up re one broken link. Actually, back in November, I
was rear-ended by a 'big wheeled' 4x4 while waiting for the light to turn
green at an intersection. "You were so low, I just didn't see you. I'm
sorry!" My unexpressed response: "If you weren't up on stilted wheels,
you
would have seen me."
Anyway, about a week after the bodyshop completed their work {$3,350.00},
I'd occasionally hear a 'clunk' coming from what sounded like the left
front
side on the car. I 'assumed' it resulted from the bodyshop's work. I
hate
to admit, but I just NOW decided to crawl under and see what I could see -
before returning to the bodyshop. Viola, broken driver's side front sway
bar link. I can't really see how I could/can lay blame on the bodyshop.
The pick-up truck being so high up, hit the back of the Miata 'high.' The
trunk lid was demolished. The bodyshop claimed ALL damage to be cosmetic.
No structural damage noted. So maybe, the 'shock-force' of the blow
caused
the separation of the 4-pins from the link-end cup. I dunno. I can't
really prove it was accident related{?}
Point being {back to your question/comment Chris}, I drove the car from
November til now with one broken link. Only when I hit a bump just so -
would a 'clunking' noise manifest.
However, as we speak, the Miata is up on jack-stands awaiting the new link
to arrive - james
"Chris D'Agnolo" <cdagnolo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> One other thing James, I don't recommend driving the car with one end
link
> attached. You probably already thought of this but you definitely want
to
> remove the other end link until you get the new and then re-install it
at
> that time. In easy driving, you may not be able to tell any issue (don't
> know, didn't try it) but I'd be concerned about how the car would react
if
> you had to make an emergency maneuver or went into a hard / fast corner.
>
> Chris
> 99BBB
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