Mine is also 1-3/4" in legnth. Man, that just doesn't sound good. LOL I tried to measure the bar length but it's too hard to get at. I wonder if the bar legnths vary? Seems that would be more likely than ball legnth...
I can't believe you guys can't compare the two(three) pictures of the ball studs and see the difference? You can't believe your eyes or what? LOL There's quite a bit of difference. See Gordon's pic at the top and see that the ball stud he has doesn't resembly the correct on it the eBay auction links. I'll do a side by side to help you see it. Just a sec....