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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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Quick front sway bar question

Hey all,

Well, it seems I made a newbie mistake.

I removed my front sway bar end links to replace the bushings with some polyurethane ones. I got the old ones out and put the new ones in, but here is my dilemma. I don't remember which side they go on. I know I got one end links that seems to have much more bend in it, which I'm thinking goes on the passenger side. And on the top and bottom of the links one side seems to be thicker than the other, does the thick side go on the bottom?

I hope this makes some sense.

2000 F250 7.3l 4x4 Auto

TIA
 
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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Yes it does make sense, just not sure how to answer you. I think if you get your swaybar back in place and hold the drop links in place you can tell what goes where.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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I went out on my truck to look, but the coil spring front end must have different end links. The tops have a horizontal hole, the bottoms a vertical hole.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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I went out on my truck to look, but the coil spring front end must have different end links. The tops have a horizontal hole, the bottoms a vertical hole.
Thanks, sorry about making you crawl under your truck, I appreciate it tho. I'm pretty sure I got it figued out now. Wow, I didn't realize how much of a pain it was going to be. I had to press the old bushings out, and apparantly one of the bolts that threads into the spring plate was cross threaded on at the factory or else where, I eventually had to bust out the impact to get it out.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 06:07 AM
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Just wait till those poly bushings start squeaking...
 
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