I guess some of you know the problem I was having with sway bar bushings at TWS. We thought we had fixed the problem by shortening the endlinks, and the car felt good in R4. Come to find out, we had actually lost the bushings on both sides (driver and passenger) instead of just the drivers side.

First question - would having one bushing missing on each end of the sway bar (which gives about 3/4" play) be somewhat similiar to running a softer bar??

2nd question - In my best attempt to measure the angles of the existing sway bar, I found that there is 3 degrees of deviation at the ends of the bar. In other words, when the passenger side bar end is parallel to the ground, the drivers side is lower (we're talking maybe 2-3 mm). Is this normal and can it be countered by properly preloading the bar?? Or do I need a new bar??

Thanks