Sway bar ?
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Sway bar ?
I drive a 1991 f150 rear wheel drive, which has no sway bars and never did. I occasionally tow heavy (~2500#) loads, but I use it mostly for commuting in the city.
I recently acquired a REAR sway bar from a 1986-91 Bronco for free, from my job at the boneyard.
Seeing as how it would cost me the same ($0 + labor) to use it or not, should I install it? Would it be worth the effort to remove the FRONT sway bar from the Bronco, which is now sitting on the brake discs and could kill me if I tried to jack it up? I guess some of us live and die by Ford lol, but I personally am not keen on jacking up vehicles sitting in soft mud.
I recently acquired a REAR sway bar from a 1986-91 Bronco for free, from my job at the boneyard.
Seeing as how it would cost me the same ($0 + labor) to use it or not, should I install it? Would it be worth the effort to remove the FRONT sway bar from the Bronco, which is now sitting on the brake discs and could kill me if I tried to jack it up? I guess some of us live and die by Ford lol, but I personally am not keen on jacking up vehicles sitting in soft mud.
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"never did"? Should have at least had a front bar as OEM.
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For what it's worth, my brother's '91 half-ton doesn't have sway bars on either end. I can't for the life of me figure out why Ford did that...even my dad's '50 Ford business coupe has a FRONT bar!
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Mine doesn't either....then again it IS an XL......
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Most of our trucks didn't come with sway bars.
Don't run just a rear one. I would keep the rear though and save it for when you get a front one.
I added them to my truck and can say that its a huge improvement.
Don't run just a rear one. I would keep the rear though and save it for when you get a front one.
I added them to my truck and can say that its a huge improvement.
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my 88 xlt lariat didnt have front or rear sway bars...
so i took the front and rear ones off my dads 86 f250 because he doesnt drive it anymore
so i took the front and rear ones off my dads 86 f250 because he doesnt drive it anymore
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I really am interested in installing the front and rear anti-sway bars for my truck, LMC Truck sells the 2wd sway bars for $179, and the end link assembly is sold seperately....My question is how that I actually install it to the truck, what it actually attaches to, etc...
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I really am interested in installing the front and rear anti-sway bars for my truck, LMC Truck sells the 2wd sway bars for $179, and the end link assembly is sold seperately....My question is how that I actually install it to the truck, what it actually attaches to, etc...
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The factory mounts are different than the Hellwig mounts. Thats why I bought the front one from Hellwig. It was much easier to install. To add a factory front one, the spring has to be removed and the end link bracket mounts under it to the radius arm and I beam.
In the rear they are different but I think they mount to the same location.
In the rear they are different but I think they mount to the same location.
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