Front sway bar removal?

[Coloty]

Ok...... I got some ES greaseable front sway bar bushings because I got tired of all the bird chirping noises from the OEMs. Is this something I can do or is the bar under lots of tension?? Always kinda paranoid when doing something new. Any thoughts on what/how you did it would be appreciated.

 

[grahamstein]

you should be able to swap out the inside bushigs on the sway bar without a problem. The outsides are somewhat of a problem. If you have a pulley that you can hook to the sway bar the frame on the opposite side of the frame it shouldnt be that bad, but it will probably be a two man job.

 

[warmpancakes]

Its really easy with a hoist that you drive on , if you do do it with a jack keep the wheels loaded it is imposible to do otherwise ken

 

[Loeryder]

Yeah its easy with a set of Rhino ramps.
Keep the weight on the front wheels is the key.

Also do not overtighten the endlinks, they are tapped into the very thin wall control arms and are easily stripped out.

 

[Saudi Sy]

I just did the same thing as you this past weekend. I would recomend spraying some penatrating lube on the bolts located on the lower front control arm. These were the hardest to get loose. The truck was still on the ground when I did this. The removal took me about 15 minutes. I would say you should sand blast the bar and repaint it with some POR-15. This product is VERY durable and should not some off with the bar flexing. The 11 year old paint on my Syclone was deteriorated and rusty. It turned out good with the POR-15. I bought the super started lit for about $15.00. It can be found at: www.por-15.com. I hope this helps.

 

[Coloty]

OK sounds fairly straight forward. Keep the front wheels on the ground or use ramps. Bolts from end links (don't over-tighten) on the control arms and on the center bushings. No come-along or pulley needed to re-install if you keep the wheels loaded on the ground (that was my biggest concern). Sounds like I can handle this one Any other tips tricks?? As always thanks for the help.

 

[warmpancakes]

Beer, always helps. ken

 

[E-Rue]

and boobies for motivation of course. always helps to have a sexy audience.

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[Coloty]

Quite true,

might take 3 days to do with that many distractions

 

[GOTSWRV]

Don't forget help! Those thing get heavy drying to hold it up, align everything, start a bolt, ect. I ended up not waiting for a buddy and damn near dropped it on my head. Then I got upset shoved it into place screwed everything into place and discovered my bushings were on backwards. 30min. job took 90min.

 

[Coloty]

OK.......finished this project over the weekend (all weekend off and on) Despite the warnings about the A-arm threads being touchy....I managed to jack up the threads on both bolts on the driver's side, even with spraying them with penetrating lube for 3 days prior to doing them. So, I got to do my first drill and tap for new threads project...........what fun. Actually, it wasn't bad at all, but damn...............IT'S NEVER EASY WITH THESES TRUCKS......