removing front sway bar
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I did not remove the rear sway bar. It pushes a bit in turns but I also installed front helper air bags because of the plow and that makes it handle a bit like it used to. I will compare how the frame mounted bar is on my '87 U150 and compare to my '89 F150. Maybe the frame mounted bar is an option
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Unless you like driving your truck on it's roof DO NOT remove the front sway bar and leave the rear one installed! You could get away with a front only sway bar but not a rear only, so my suggestion would be to clearance that bent up cross member for the swaybar if you can't straighten it enough to clear the bar.
I eventually took the rear one off too because the links hang down so much and the bushings were starting to go as well. There is more body roll but nothing bad and that is with shocks that have almost 300k miles on them. They need replaced but I keep putting it off because I want to lift my truck and don't want to buy new shocks only to have to replace them in a year or so.
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I'd say that depends on your driving style. I took my front sway bar off so the TTB would have an easier time flexing off road, and rode around with just the rear for over a year. Never came close to laying the truck over, but I don't drive it like a sports car either. YMMV and if you're unsure about it at all then just take Conanski's advice and either fix the front or remove them both.
I eventually took the rear one off too because the links hang down so much and the bushings were starting to go as well. There is more body roll but nothing bad and that is with shocks that have almost 300k miles on them. They need replaced but I keep putting it off because I want to lift my truck and don't want to buy new shocks only to have to replace them in a year or so.
I eventually took the rear one off too because the links hang down so much and the bushings were starting to go as well. There is more body roll but nothing bad and that is with shocks that have almost 300k miles on them. They need replaced but I keep putting it off because I want to lift my truck and don't want to buy new shocks only to have to replace them in a year or so.
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i always took the sway bars off my trucks in the past, but by the time I did that they weren't so much trucks as they were toys.. I thought the coil sprung TTB actually worked better on the street without the sway bar. Even though there was more body roll, the tires were actually allowed to move.
I also drove for years spooled on the street and had fun with that too.
Neither of which I'd be considering if the truck is actually used as a truck; put to work towing and hauling.
I also drove for years spooled on the street and had fun with that too.
Neither of which I'd be considering if the truck is actually used as a truck; put to work towing and hauling.
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