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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:19 PM
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I rarely need some help but be brave and ask. I need some advise on how to install it the Anti-sway bar. I changed out the bushings. I got the 3in suspention. So the bar is not perfectly lined up when I try to install it. I got the book's way to install the anti-sway bar, which it says just bolt in and install, so it dont help me much. I just wanted some pointers if anyone had done this with the lift. I was thinking of getting out the floor jack and try to jack up the bar to twist it alittle. 4wd 93
 

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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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it should mount alright the only thing you really need to watch tho is the pivot/cup-ball socket on each end of the sway bar kuz they`re like a ball joint and they can only have so much flex in them and if you flex them too much they will break off
 
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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nice I was just gonna do this on my truck got the bushings sitin in the truck.

Try unloadin the suspension and maybe puttin a jack under the A-arm maybe that well help relieve the tension?

Im gonna do this on my truck this weekend to see if i have the same problem
 
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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For such a simple project it was a PITA for me. Like I said above due to the lift the sway bar would not line up with the lower control arm. I had to get out the jack and twist up the bar. Then had to get my Giant c-clamp and cranck the bar back onto the control arm. Then I had to get a cranking strap and postion the bar upwards. All in all it took an hour. Hopefully Fox you have better luck at it then me. Its all taken care of.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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mine was a pita too after the polygraphite bushings, took forever to get it reconnected!
 
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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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you guys must have bent bars or something cause mine came off with ease and sliped the new busings on it went right into place and bolted right up.
 
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