Help! Front sway bar IFS adjustment bolts??

[Fischer]

Front sway bar IFS adjustment bolts??Do they affect ride height??

I am hearing a clunking / more of a poping feel in the front end when going around corners and a bit of a dip.

I checked all the bolts holding the main assemblies and they are good and tight.
THough I was able to tighten the sway bar connects under the A of the IFS.

I am wondering if this should be tight. Or will that affect the ride height of the front end. I dont want to make her sit ****eyed.

Thanks for the fast help.

 

[Jason_25]

The bolts that hold the sway bar to the crossmember should be VERY tight. I had a real hard time removing those.

 

[taxx]

I had a clunk resulting from those things. The factory ones are junk. Get some good Poly bushings on there and you will be fine.

 

[aldive]

I second the use of poly bushings; made a world of difference for me.

Giid luck,,,,,

 

[Fischer]

Well I torqued all the bolts that connect to the frame and hub assemblies. Then I tightened the sway bar bushing bolts...

I am not sure how much to tighten the bushing bolts as I dont want to over tighetn them. I turned them both about 4x and quit as I felt I could tightem them much more.

Clunk not as prevailent though still there. I hope it is not my steering linkage.

Where can you get the Poly bushing?

Thanks for the help

 

[aldive]

Here is the tightening specs for the front sway bar.

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by Fischer
Where can you get the Poly bushing?

I got mine from Explorer Express.

 

[Fischer]

Aldive,
How much of a difference did you feel? I mean what are these going to do for me, I am planning on replacing both front and rear.

I should grease em up eh?

Thnks

 

[aldive]

Body lean durning cornering is virtually gone; the truck doesn't feel like a truck anymore.

Use the grease that comes with the bushings.

Keep us posted.

 

[Fischer]

One more thing.

How tight is tight enough. I don't want to overtighten the bushings. Just snug em up or is there a bottom out for the nut?

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by Fischer
One more thing.

How tight is tight enough. I don't want to overtighten the bushings. Just snug em up or is there a bottom out for the nut?

Are you referring to the sway bar end link bushings or the sway bar bushings themselves?

 

[aldive]

Front Stabilizer Bar Link Nuts (15-21 ft. lbs.)

 

[baehan]

Originally posted by aldive
Here is the tightening specs for the front sway bar.

where did you get the chart/pic with the tightening specs for the suspension? i'd like to find out about the tightening specs. when i replaced my shocks, i didn't know how tight to tighten the top of the shock on the front. i just tightened them all the way. should i loosen it up?

 

[aldive]

http://www.alldatadiy.com/

 

[baehan]

Originally posted by aldive
http://www.alldatadiy.com/

thanks.

when i replaced my shocks, i didn't know how tight to tighten the top of the shock on the front. i just tightened them all the way. should i loosen it up?