I have a 2002 F350 4x4 CC 7.3 i am wanting to change the sway bar bushings front and rear to poly and I want greasable bushings to avoid the squeking that you get with these bushings alot of the time. I would like to change the end links to poly too i realize these wont be greaseable. Has anyone done this what was the outcome and where did you buy the bushings. Also does anyone know the size of the front and rear sway bars and the length of the end links????
Thanks in advance

 

you can buy greaseable sway bar links from precision metal fabrication

 

I think they are a waste of money, they won't squeak if they are in good shape. Mine haven't squeaked in 165K miles ............ever.

 

Mine started creaking and squeaking at 60K miles. I tried greasing them twice, but noise came right back after 4-5K miles each time. The sway bar is not supposed to turn in the bushing. The bushing is supposed to flex.

I bought new ones from Ford and glued them to the sway bar with urethane glue when I assembled them. I also put a black plastic spacer about 1/8" thick between the frame and the bushing. Not a peep since (now at 174K miles.) Also restored the "new" feel to the suspension, which hasn't gone away as the bar has never turned in the bushing.

 

There are a lot of things out there that are made to sell but do nothing special but lighten your wallet. Greasables are one of those things.

 

The swaybar does rotate inside the swaybar to frame bushings. When the front end bounces over a speed bump or a dip on the hiway. Just watch that bushing as you lift the front bumper with a floor jack, while the tires are still on the ground.

The same thing happens on the rear swaybar as ride height changes and the hellwig comes with grease to keep it from squeeking.

 

Thanks for the input I think!! Lol. Ill clarify I have 122K on the original bushings, they are soft and show a 1/8" gap between the bushing and the bar. It has a lot of lean turning a corner. The originals do not squeak.

The poly bushings use to squeak back in the day. Not sure if they do still. A stiff bushing will give it the stiffer ride and less lean when turning.

Guess ill have to re think the bushing thing. As for the ride the bushings on the sway bar have no effect the ride smoothness. If I wanted a smooth ride I'd get a chev

 

Replace with OEM. They will do you for quite a long time..when the squeak again spend 20 minutes and 30 bucks and replace them. Poly squeak or rip.

 

I think the black energy suspension bushings have graphite in the rubber but come with grease too.

Moog haas greasable end links, i did those since i didnt have a press handy and needed to get it done.

 

I just bought the whole links and put them in in 20 minutes. 2 Dorman quality complete links for $42 including shipping......................done!

I wouldn't want greasable ones in there even if they cost less.

 

Where did you get the links from? I am looking and cannot find them that cheap.

 

Have you tried rockauto.com?

 

I replaced my bushings and end links with MOOG parts and they feel great, a bit less noise. I think the rest of the noise is the leaf spring bushings but I am leaving those alone. I picked up the MOOG parts at the local Oreilly's

 

I got my end links form them and they come with grease zerks and everything also they are powder coated so they wont rust! The stock bushings are crap I started getting the clunking about two years ago so I had new end links put on and they starting to clunk again about a month ago but I ended up replacing them with the PMF ones when i lifted my truck.

 

My stock end link bushings went 150k miles on them, I wouldn't waste my money on greasable ones. I just put 2 new complete Dorman end links in at $42 total. ( 4 bushings installed).