I am looking for a complete rear sway bar with end links and brackets for my 1994 F150. I already have new bushings for one, since I ordered them at the same time I ordered new front ones. I recently added a camper shell to the truck and feel that it would greatly benefit from having one now. If someone has this or knows a place that does, please let me know. I have been looking for one for about a year and have not had any luck. The few that I have found on Ebay were only for the bar and not the hardware. Thanks.

 

If I run across a set up, I'll grab it if possible & we'll talk.

Be a couple of weeks, earliest.

Think you want to replace end links as they are wear items & I think 2 different designs.

 

4x4: straight links in a bracket bolted to the bottom of the frame rail.

4x2: bent link that is bolted to the outside of the frame rail and it bent inwards, then down to meet the bar ends.

All bars for 150's the same*, all axle mounts, the same*, all bushings the same*


* = minor manufacturer variations be damned. they all fit.

sure lmc no longer has them?

Im completely out.

 

I was not aware that the end links were different between 2wd and 4wd. I have new bushings for the end links. There isn't any need to change them unless they are damaged.

 

Not true. My 96 bronco has the bent links that bolt to the outside of the frame

 

Interesting. My 96 pickup has the straight links that bolt to the bottom of the frame.

 

I think you might find the pickup sits higher, the sway control was part of the handling pep and it generally came with the 6250# option. Is there a large block between the axle and the springs? that is where the length difference comes from. the 4x4 bronco shares the link with the 2wd truck...

 

I have 6" of lift under my bronco and it still retains the stock links with no binding so i can't agree that it was due to the ride height

 

well, it is due to the ride height, the trucks are sprung far far heavier than a stock bronco and the goal is to have the rear bar at some measure of 'levelness', if yours still attaches at 6 inches of lift, I would suspect, unless you found a different way to mount the bar to the axle, that the link vs bar angle is so severe that the bars effectiveness is proportionally degraded by multiplying the force it once had, by the sin of the angle difference it now has (physics 101). the desired angle of 'levelness' is why ford made 2 different pins as pin length is part of the whole sway bar force equation and the narrower springs made this new location possible.

trust me, you will find the bronco pins are the 2wd pins (f150 series) and the difference in presented attachment is due to 4wd vs 2wd truck axle mounting heights.

note that both the 4wd and 2wd had HD spring options (6250#) and the springs themselves were different.

but this is in the weeds. for the OP the pins and bushings were once still avail. I have not found a ford replacement for the rear bar (try hotchkiss) and the 4x4 pin frame mount has never been available since the late 90's but you can make your own easy. axle tube mounts - boneyard em. very thick stamped steel, hard to rust away