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Old 10-14-2010, 01:04 PM
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you said it helps with cornering, what did it do before? mine seems fine for a truck. 180's alot for something im not sure i need, i could always take the front off for more flex and no cost.
 
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Old 10-14-2010, 01:08 PM
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lol yeah, well when i used to take a sharp corner fast the rear end would loose traction and it would swing out. now i take the same corner by my work, i don't swing out and i stay in the lane. rear end feel much more stable in corners. kind hard to explain
 
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having no sway bar in the rear will allow the rear tires to drop down at more of an angle reducing the amount of times u lift a wheel off the ground when offroading, now thunder u are prolly experiencing better traction due to the fact that u replaced the shot bushings and that doesn't allow as much movement of the bar and upgrading to the metal endlinks does the same thing, i think what u were trying to explain ur previous post is that the rear seems more "planted" right, same thing happened to me when i went to the street tire
 
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exactly^^ i was going to compare it to a street tire, but i couldn't think of the word planted.
 
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where did you get this at?
 
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rockauto.com, put in your information about the vehicle then find the suspension section, and its right there
 
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Check ebay might have it cheaper
 
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Mine rattle too, drives me NUTS, its going on my christmas list lol.

Is your sway bar 16mm, looks like the same as mine.
 

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yeah 16mm works great.
 
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Originally Posted by thunder98110
yeah 16mm works great.
Thanks, sorry I didn't realize you already said. The only sway bar links I see on rock auto from Moog aren't show with the bushings that go in the links...

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=1023258
Are the bushings separate or was it $55 because you need to order 2 of them. They are sold individually? Just trying to get it right so I don't f up ordering them lol.

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