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stabilizer bar bushings

wondering how many people have replaced the bushings in there rear sway or stabilizer bar as ford likes. i want to replace mine when i do my springs and frame but not sure of the size. i know i could just go outside and measure but im lazy and figure maybe some one might have some good input or advice.

looks liek choices are 25mm with dual eye end link type or 28.5mm diameter with single eye link type only. and the end link type is where i get confused.
so my question is, which do i have? whats the difference between dual eye and single eye?
 

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ditch it lol
 
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haha seriously? you didnt keep yours on?
 
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haha seriously? you didnt keep yours on?
when i went 8.8 i didn't put it in.
front and rear got scrapped lol
 
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i was just lookin to improve comfort a little bit becuase it still my daily driver and the roads in waterbury are the worst ive seen. maybe ill skip it and perhaps the f code leafs will soften it up for me
 
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Yea, but didn't you have Expo leafs in?
I wouldn't ditch them with stock Ranger leafs, i dunno how well they'll hold it.
 
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haha yeaaa about that...i keep having to push back the day i go and pick up the expo leafs cuz **** keeps popping up. but im trying to get it all in one shot since i have to take the bed off to get to the frame part i need to replace i want to have the leafs so its all like pending at this point.

and since im gunna have it all open and apart i figured id replace some bushings
 
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Yea, but didn't you have Expo leafs in?
I wouldn't ditch them with stock Ranger leafs, i dunno how well they'll hold it.
if you were talking to me, i had stock leafs. didn't feel a difference with the front or rear swaybars out
 
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if you were talking to me, i had stock leafs.
Yea. How'd that ride man?
I might ditch them. I've gotta put new leafs in this truck before i sell it, i'm running some reverse rake.
 
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Yea. How'd that ride man?
I might ditch them. I've gotta put new leafs in this truck before i sell it, i'm running some reverse rake.
felt the same to me. once i put 33's on i didn't feel the difference between them being there and them not being there.


pulled the front bar off of the green one too. endlinks were rusted on when i wanted to replace them so i just cut them with a sawzall and kept it off lol
 
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haha it didnt feel like it was swaying all over the place in turns? or i should say leaning too much
 
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nope and i've made last minute turns with the front tires screaming before when i was trying to find an address.
drove straight as an arrow going 80 with cruise control on the drive down to michigan too
 
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