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when lowering rear....sway bar end links?

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I've done both Competition end links and also moved them up on the frame. Different lightnings I had. I thought the competition felt better but I never had the truck long enough to wear them out. Now I have a Hellwig rear sway bar. For all of those people with lowered trucks, they should look at adjusting the front sway bar end links as well. If you lower your truck and don't adjust them, you won't get the best performance out of the sway bars.
 
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Whenver I get around to it I'm just going to mount them at the top of the frame rails. seems easy enough.....

either that or I'm going to cut the sway bar and then weld it back together in a different shape that allows me to use the factory endlinks.
 
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SLW-SVT said:
so just order a set for the front and back?
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no..those posted you can use for the rear.....

the front I got some Moog front sway bar end links and just shortened the setup they had....
 
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Bgstew6 said:
no..those posted you can use for the rear.....

the front I got some Moog front sway bar end links and just shortened the setup they had....
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Okay, thank you:cheers
 
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rman said:
Whenver I get around to it I'm just going to mount them at the top of the frame rails. seems easy enough.....

either that or I'm going to cut the sway bar and then weld it back together in a different shape that allows me to use the factory endlinks.
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NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! You CAN NOT cut and weld the sway bar. It WILL break.

Just shorten the links. Cut them, grind off the paint, overlap them so they are the right length to make the sway bar arms parrelel to the ground, weld them together, repaint and reinstall.
 
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Dr. Matt said:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! You CAN NOT cut and weld the sway bar. It WILL break.

Just shorten the links. Cut them, grind off the paint, overlap them so they are the right length to make the sway bar arms parrelel to the ground, weld them together, repaint and reinstall.
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I will likely heat the sway and bend it then. Really don't want to cut the endlinks.


Sent from my iPhone 7 while driving.
 
#35 ·
Bad idea to do any work to your sway bar. Its spring steel and any heat will change the properties of the metal. Easiest way is move the hole up, second easiest is buy new competition links, but even those only can be shortened so much, then the last way is cut and weld your end links. For those people that race or autocross, the best thing to do is buy the competition end links and then still move the hole up on the frame. To setup a sway bar correctly, you want to make sure there is the correct amount of preload on the links and you want the bar ends parallel to the frame. This should be done when the truck suspension is on the ground and loaded. If you just cut the end links or move them up, then you are guessing. The competition end links give you the ability to correctly load the end links while its on the ground.
 
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