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i think i am missing some parts!

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i think i am missing some parts!

ok today i was re aiming my light and i also raised my fog lights up a lil the stock ones. so when i was under neath my truck i looked back and saw that the drivers side swaybar looking think is dis conected and the shaft is missing that conects it to the Arm. i was like WTF then i looked at the other side and the little rod was there that connects them but the screw that conects the swaybar is not connected to it so it just rotates up and down.

what could have happened??? douldit just all fall apart like that. i never noticed that before?

what is the part that connects the swaybar to the arm and what kind of screw do i need to re attach them again?? mavbe somone has some spare parts i just need to know name so i can locate the stuff.

any reasons this could have happened??
 
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sometimes they just break, my dads did that to him. it jsut happens over time. autozone should have replacements
 
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do u know what the little connector rod is called ???
 
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sway bar end links.

i have my stock ones at home that i could ship out. let me know.
 
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ok ill see if anyone has them here so i can put on now if not ill let u know. are they hard to do they dont look it.
 
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AutoZone has them, they also have some poly bushings and such in the same area. In the store near me, you walk in the doors and it's the first thing on the right after you get inside...

Their not hard at all to put in.
 
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I had the same thing happen to me a few months back. The only reason I even noticed it was when I was rotating my tires. I think it is a dealer only part and I bought it from Ford for about $30 I think.
 
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no auto zone has them, im pretty sure of it.

they are easy to install.
 
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ok i found some up the street from me for 15$ each i jut got 2 kits why not right. thatnx for your Very quick responces to help me !!!!

idk how long this has been like that but maybe ill notice a diffrence lol.

Nick
 
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^^ i bet you notice a difference in how it handles...

but then again...if you wanted something that handled very well you would have got a viper...
 
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ya i was going to but u just cant beat a ranger lol
 
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Originally Posted by lifted97ranger
^^ i bet you notice a difference in how it handles...

but then again...if you wanted something that handled very well you would have got a viper...

vipers handle well??? maybe in a straight line.
 
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ok ok....maybe a Porshe!
 
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I guess thats more common than i thought, because it happened to me too. The only reason I saw it was because I dropped a pen under the truck and I went down to pick it up. And you can DEFINITELY tell the difference. Its amazing really.
 
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