Front sway bar "slop"
On an e350, the front stabilizer ends fit into rubber bushings within the I beam. How much flop if any should there be when you crawl under and push up and down where the ends go in the bushings? I'v...
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OFDPOS wrote:
Get a Hellwig , you will be much happier then replacing the bushings on that puny undersized stock one !
Replacing the front undersized Anti Sway Bar is the best bang for the buck hands down...
Not sure about the 'Hellwig' hype.
A sway bar is simply a torsion bar (just like the old school Chrysler torsion bar suspension) but instead of supporting the vehicle, it transfers (via torsion) the lean from one side of a vehicle to the other side of the vehicle, reducing 'felt sway' and so long as the bar is of sufficient diameter and made from the correct heat treated steel, it will work correctly (so long as the bushings and links are not sloppy.
Big issue with any sway bar is it limits suspension movement vertically, which is why off road folks use sway bar disconnect links. Sway bars are fine on the pavement but not good off road where you need suspension articulation. I run Skyjacker adjustable disconnect links on my F350 4x4 so I can not only disconnect the sway bar but I can 'tune' the bar to various on road conditions.
Most sway bar's are restrained with polyurethane bushings, not rubber.
