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Front sway bar links ?

Old Jul 27, 2016 | 12:00 AM
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I a putting a 01 front axle in a 96 but the sway bar end links are different ? Does anybody got a part# for the ones i need or how to make it work ?
 
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 07:11 PM
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Will the 01 links work?
 
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 07:19 PM
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Are the 01's shorter, longer, or???
 
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by dbbd1
Are the 01's shorter, longer, or???
I bought a set of performance links for my gen 1 dakota and they were too long so I ended up using my original links. So are you needing something longer or shorter because I have some long ones I don't need.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 11:26 PM
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96 sway bar has studs up and down and the 01 has studs through the side of sway bar ?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:40 AM
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Do you have access to a welder? The links are fairly easy to shorten and/or modify. Time to create a franken-link. Cut off the two halves that you need, to the correct length and weld them up. If you can, if try are both the same diameter, sleeve them.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:45 AM
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Oh, and what I did on my jeep...

I wasn't going for looks, so I just cut them near the mount (eye or stud) and just welded them up, to the correct length, side-by-side.

Links are not a "going to kill you" kind of thing if they break at your modification. They correct the body roll/lean.
 
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