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Old 04-15-2014, 08:51 PM
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Rear Sway Bar on lifted F250

My F250 has an 8" Sky-Jacker coil over kit and Donahue Soft Ride leaf springs in the rear. It has a sway bar in the rear that looks kinda dumb. I want to take it off. Anyone here notice any difference in handling after removing theirs? I've had a few other lifted trucks in my time and none of them had rear sway bars and had zero sway issues.
 
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Any pics of the sway bars? I noticed that with a heavy foot that I had a lot of axle wrap with my 10.5" Donahoe lift. I had to custom strengthen my torsion bars because I ripped them apart, broke them in half, and tore the axle box apart. I am a bit lighter in the foot now, but it rides nice and I know I have the strength to keep my springs from tweaking.
 
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Originally Posted by figurhead
Any pics of the sway bars? I noticed that with a heavy foot that I had a lot of axle wrap with my 10.5" Donahoe lift. I had to custom strengthen my torsion bars because I ripped them apart, broke them in half, and tore the axle box apart. I am a bit lighter in the foot now, but it rides nice and I know I have the strength to keep my springs from tweaking.
I'll look for some pictures. My previous Duramax had a little axle wrap with a heavy foot. Traction bars from the frame rail to the axle helped.
 
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Originally Posted by niceguyeddie
My F250 has an 8" Sky-Jacker coil over kit and Donahue Soft Ride leaf springs in the rear. It has a sway bar in the rear that looks kinda dumb. I want to take it off. Anyone here notice any difference in handling after removing theirs? I've had a few other lifted trucks in my time and none of them had rear sway bars and had zero sway issues.
you will notice boating of the rear at high loads.
 
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