So today I managed to install my procomp drop bracket with "zero" issues and something I thought would be difficult to do. I was even able to remove the track bar with my impact gun without doing the trick of breaker bar and floor jack!

Well to my discovery my drivers side front sway bar bushing was bad. I sourced what I thought was the part I needed from Autozone, Orielly Auto parts and Napa and came up nothing. Well Autozone and Orielly both said according to my truck year, make, model and part my sway bar was 30mm size. That was wrong turns out none of the auto stores carry mine which is 21mm size. Oddly enough I looked on the bushing that I took off trying to use the Ford Part number and still came up with nothing.

Well I ordered Energy Poly bushings kit tonight for $24 which is really not bad and they should be here in a couple days. From what I understand and read the rubber OEM ones like my truck has now don't last and the poly are the way to go.

Has anyone had similar issues with trying to source there bushing from parts store? Or did you guys all just spend the $200 and upgrade to Hellwig?

When it comes to sway bar bushings or any bushings have any of you used the Energy ones and what is your take on them?

 

Here is photo of bad bushing.....

 

A lot of us use the poly on the 99-04 super duty front sway bar bushings. Ive had mine for i dont know seven or eight years and they still look brand new, have zero wear or cracking in them. I do remove them and apply fresh grease ever fall when i do my pre-winter maintenance

 

I installed the energy suspension bushings on my dads old truck. They were in about a month because all they did was squeak. They were taken off and regreased several times with different greases and they still squeaked. I know I am not the only one that had those issues with them. Went with Raybestos center bushings and Moog links and the squeak went away.

 

Interesting about the sqeek for $2.50 more I did have them toss in three pack of their greese supposedly most reviews said they never had to greese again after several years of use and it was waterproof. I think for the cost I will see and if it don't work out I will Install a hellwig sway bar with different bushings.

At this point with no shop having the OEM and perhaps Ford would but I didn't want to chance their pricing. I just needed to get truck functional so wife can use it later this week.

 

I read a couple guys went with the F550 sway bar anyone care to elaborate and let us know their feelings on handling?

 

Thanks for posting.


My stock bushings have been clunking along for years. It hasn't seemed to be a drivability issue.


Now that I know it's a cheap fix, maybe I'll get it taken care of before I hand the truck down to my son.


DKF - got part numbers?

 

Ive used energy suspension products in a lot of vehicls over the years. No im not a mechanic but i work on peoples cars and trucks on the side. I have never once had a poly bushing squeak, i use the same waterproof grease ever time and not one person has said they heard anything

 

I brought up the order, the center bushings were Moog not Raybestos. Keep in mind you have to measure your sway bar diameter and bracket width to get the right center bushings. I used the Moog K80201. For the end links I used the Moog Problem Solver with the greasable gusher bearing. #K80274 and K80273. I got everything from Rockauto. The part numbers may be different for your truck so make sure you get what fits your truck.

I think the squeak with the Energy Susp bushings was coming from the 2 centers. The Moogs that I got for a replacement has like harder plastic bushins molded in it which helps prevent squeaks and wear.