Great difficulty changing Front Sway Bar
I have a 2015 Ford E450 and was going to upgrade the front sway bar with a Helwig. I watched a Youtube video and it seemed simple enough, 2 bolts on the end and 2 brackets held with 2 bolts. But whe...
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I just saw this post.
I've replaced my 2007 front-end before and it was, in terms of the front sway-bar, relatively easy. But I had a 2007 and the two bolts on the 2007 sway bar are fairly small and have low foot-pound specs. The newer sway-bar has a spec of 110 ft-lbs on the front-most sway-bar bolt, if I recall correctly. And it is a pretty big bolt.
I can't say for sure what specific problems the OP is dealing with, but if that factory bolt is at spec, then it just needs some muscle.
I've replaced my 2007 front-end before and it was, in terms of the front sway-bar, relatively easy. But I had a 2007 and the two bolts on the 2007 sway bar are fairly small and have low foot-pound specs. The newer sway-bar has a spec of 110 ft-lbs on the front-most sway-bar bolt, if I recall correctly. And it is a pretty big bolt.
I can't say for sure what specific problems the OP is dealing with, but if that factory bolt is at spec, then it just needs some muscle.
