Sway Bar swag

[DaveInTn]

Hello all.
My first official post. I've replaced the stock soft sway bar bushings with the " Code Red " hard plastic ones on my '93. HUGH difference it made. Total cost was around $ 30.00 sourced from Ebay and Amazon. Easy swap.
(Sure, I painted the bars red to match).

 

[TXExploring]

Hello all.
My first official post. I've replaced the stock soft sway bar bushings with the " Code Red " hard plastic ones on my '93. HUGH difference it made. Total cost was around $ 30.00 sourced from Ebay and Amazon. Easy swap.
(Sure, I painted the bars red to match).

Lets see a picture of it?

 

[J_C]

I hope you lubed them up good, the hard/polyurethane tend to get squeaky.

I lubed mine good and then quiet for months, then squeaked for months and I kept intending to relube, but then they stopped squeaking on their own. Might be temperature related.

 

[Mr. Alligator]

@J_C What is your review on performance of stiffer sway bar bushings?

 

[J_C]

^ Makes a little difference, not night and day for my front bar, but the factory bushings weren't bad yet. My front end was aleady fairly tight from KYB Gas-A-Just shocks and then putting on new front end links at the same time. I need to get new rubber polyurethane on the rear though, it's a lot busier than the front. Thought about a larger sway bar a few years back but decided just to do wear items. There's a lot of washboard roads and potholes here so anything is a trade off.

 

[DaveInTn]

Hey folks. We've had the grandkids for a few days so I haven't replied to a post. Someone wanted some pictures of the roll bar set-up.

Hello all.
My first official post. I've replaced the stock soft sway bar bushings with the " Code Red " hard plastic ones on my '93. HUGH difference it made. Total cost was around $ 30.00 sourced from Ebay and Amazon. Easy swap.
(Sure, I painted the bars red to match).

 

[TXExploring]

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Thanks for sharing the pictures. Looks great and looks like you have a very clean EX. Nice Job!

 

[DaveInTn]

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Thanks man. Dad bought it new. Rolled over 100,000 last year. Everything

Thanks for sharing the pictures. Looks great and looks like you have a very clean EX. Nice Job!

Is great, other than all the windows need those pellets installed. Thinking I'll use 3/8 nuts instead.

 

[J_C]

You're better off with the soft plastic pucks because if resistance gets too high in moving the window, better to have those sacrificial and chewed up instead of something more extensive and costly. The original motorcraft motor is as good as it gets, aftermarket are often shorter lived.

 

[DaveInTn]

Thanks J_C. I think my wife agrees. We haul the grand kids every now and then. Might save a head,arm or fingers.

 

[TXExploring]

Thanks man. Dad bought it new. Rolled over 100,000 last year. Everything

Is great, other than all the windows need those pellets installed. Thinking I'll use 3/8 nuts instead.

we used these they say they don't fit on Amazon but they do and they work great. Amazon product ASIN B000CO96SG