How About A Hellwig Sway Bar Chevy E3500
See threads about putting them on the fords but haven't seen any threads about putting them on the chevy E3500 ?? Anybody have one put on ? On my 2005 FW 23A 5000 the front one looks to be 1.5 in...
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Ok finally tracked down the front Poly Sway Bar Bushings , went with just the End Link Bushings and not the whole kit, my stock bolts etc looked fine.
Wound up with Moog Poly Sway Bar Bushings , nobody local could seem to find or get the Energy Suspension ones I wanted. I could have ordered them myself but stayed with what local NAPA shop had.
Now before doing the Poly bushings I did a set road test on a road that had some long sweeping corners.
Removed the bar ,removed the stock bushing , they didn't look bad at all very little cracks.
The End Link Bushings were somewhat smashed (formed to angle of Sway Bar).
Put it back together with the new Bushings and went on the same route as before. I could tell a difference , wouldn't say night and day, but definitely a difference !
Now that I know what I know , I would have just replaced the End Links bushings and left the stock Rubber sway bar bushings on.
I only bought the Bushings for both , did not buy the brackets (kits)
Unless your going to put ALLOT of miles on the rig , I really don't think a person needs to spend the extra money and get the grease-sert Brackets for the Sway Bar Bushings
Out of pocket I believe it was $13.99 for the End Link bushings and $16.99 for the Moog Sway Bar bushings.
With my bad back total time 2 hours.
Had I had the parts and didn't spend the time degreasing the bar and spray painting it and chasing around for parts I'd of had it done in 20-25 minutes ,
I took longer typing this than I did to do the actual job ;)
Another eval hopefully first of next week on adding the rear Hellwig Sway Bar..
Wound up with Moog Poly Sway Bar Bushings , nobody local could seem to find or get the Energy Suspension ones I wanted. I could have ordered them myself but stayed with what local NAPA shop had.
Now before doing the Poly bushings I did a set road test on a road that had some long sweeping corners.
Removed the bar ,removed the stock bushing , they didn't look bad at all very little cracks.
The End Link Bushings were somewhat smashed (formed to angle of Sway Bar).
Put it back together with the new Bushings and went on the same route as before. I could tell a difference , wouldn't say night and day, but definitely a difference !
Now that I know what I know , I would have just replaced the End Links bushings and left the stock Rubber sway bar bushings on.
I only bought the Bushings for both , did not buy the brackets (kits)
Unless your going to put ALLOT of miles on the rig , I really don't think a person needs to spend the extra money and get the grease-sert Brackets for the Sway Bar Bushings
Out of pocket I believe it was $13.99 for the End Link bushings and $16.99 for the Moog Sway Bar bushings.
With my bad back total time 2 hours.
Had I had the parts and didn't spend the time degreasing the bar and spray painting it and chasing around for parts I'd of had it done in 20-25 minutes ,
I took longer typing this than I did to do the actual job ;)
Another eval hopefully first of next week on adding the rear Hellwig Sway Bar..
