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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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05 sd front sway bar problems

I am having a problem with the driver side front sway bar bushing on my 05 SD F350 4x4. I put on a front leveling kit about a year ago and the sway bar bushing has worked its way out of the frame bracket. This is the second time in about 5 months that it has done this. The truck only has 51k on it. I have worked on alot of Fords 4x4s and classic fords and I have never seen this happen before. Has this happened to anyone else out there who has put on a front leveling kit mine is from rough country. I had to buy new longer front shocks too they are rancho rsx9000 series. My thought is that maybe the end links are to short with that kit in there but then wouldn't both bushings squeeze out of the brackets? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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I would say once it has been pulled out the bushing is pobably going to keep coming out. You may want to chnge to a polyurathane sway bar kit. It would be prettty tought to pull one of these bushings out. But it sounds like some undo stress is causeing the sway bar to slide cross car. You may want to contact Rough country and ask them if you should be using a longer link.
 
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re front sway bar problem

Thanks for the reply Motown. I would really like to upgrade to poly bushings on that truck I have checked energy & pst web sites but there is no part# for the 05 on up. Has anybody out there done this to an 05? I did look at that bushing & you are right it probably would pull out again. I did email both company's so now I will await their replys
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