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Hi All,
Other day, I noticed the Rubi getting mushy on turns. When I got home, after being on some REALLY rough roads, I found that both my swaybar links were separated at the balljoint (not sure if that's the proper term - at the top). Being in a smaller town, I just ordered two replacements from the local Canadian Tire (Canada, eh
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I checked them against the old ones and they were the same length and same configuration.
I just finished installing them (What a PITA to get the top connection out of the bar :twisted: ) but it doesn't look right to me. The "ball joint" at the top is way off the centreline and I'm afraid the next big bump is going to snap the ball out of the socket. I took a couple of photo's and merged them. Smaller inset photo (lower right) is just another shot of the top of the link at the swaybar for a little more detail. Hopefully I've figured out how to link to it.
Shouldn't the link be more inline (i.e., straight) than what it is ? It looks to me that the link is too long - but as I said, it's identical to the one that was there lengthwise.
Maybe someone with an '04 Rubi can check the length / orientation of their setup and let me know. Mine measures out to be approx. 8" from the centreline of the lower mounting bolt to the midpoint of the swaybar.
Thanks & Regards, John.
Other day, I noticed the Rubi getting mushy on turns. When I got home, after being on some REALLY rough roads, I found that both my swaybar links were separated at the balljoint (not sure if that's the proper term - at the top). Being in a smaller town, I just ordered two replacements from the local Canadian Tire (Canada, eh
I checked them against the old ones and they were the same length and same configuration.
I just finished installing them (What a PITA to get the top connection out of the bar :twisted: ) but it doesn't look right to me. The "ball joint" at the top is way off the centreline and I'm afraid the next big bump is going to snap the ball out of the socket. I took a couple of photo's and merged them. Smaller inset photo (lower right) is just another shot of the top of the link at the swaybar for a little more detail. Hopefully I've figured out how to link to it.

Shouldn't the link be more inline (i.e., straight) than what it is ? It looks to me that the link is too long - but as I said, it's identical to the one that was there lengthwise.
Maybe someone with an '04 Rubi can check the length / orientation of their setup and let me know. Mine measures out to be approx. 8" from the centreline of the lower mounting bolt to the midpoint of the swaybar.
Thanks & Regards, John.