footlong70
New member
So I've seen quite a few older threads and have been asked if sway bar disconnect links are available for our superduties. I haven't seen any and to my knowledge, nobody makes disconnect links for our years. I trail ride my superduty on occasion and can think of several times it would have been handy having a disconnect to keep all 4's on the ground or to help soften the ride. So because the links are fairly simple, it wouldn't be too hard to make from scratch. However a set of links that will bolt up without the hassle of fabbing for some guys will save them the headache while keeping a stock look. Here's what I figured:
Warrior Products makes a bunch of different size links with eyes/posts that are meant for 4 runners, explorers, jeeps. I bought a set (#83151) 12" eye to eye sway bar disconnect links meant for a CJ/Universal according to their site. The links were a little long, so a quick cut, and a quarter inch hole drilled made them prefect length. This makes it super easy for most setups.
The links will almost bolt up out of the box(with a 1/16"ish bit of slop on either side of the bolt)however, they lack the steel sleeve which is required IMO to properly torque the bolts back down and prevent premature bushing wear. So what can be done is... press the old steel sleeves out of the original links, and transfer them to the new links. If your like me you have a million of them laying around from all the shocks/lift kits bought over the years which will save a step. If a press isn't at your disposal, you can get creative with a vice too.
So before:
After:
Also I figure I should put something simple in place to hold the sway bar up while disconnected. I made a small tab and bolted it to the coil bucket on both sides for the links to pin to.
Hope this helps anybody looking for a simple upgrade for trail riding. I haven't articulated too much with them in place so I'm a bit leery of the quarter inch pins strength. However if worse comes to worse, Ill drill them out to 3/8" and use grade 8 3/8"s pins.
Warrior Products makes a bunch of different size links with eyes/posts that are meant for 4 runners, explorers, jeeps. I bought a set (#83151) 12" eye to eye sway bar disconnect links meant for a CJ/Universal according to their site. The links were a little long, so a quick cut, and a quarter inch hole drilled made them prefect length. This makes it super easy for most setups.
The links will almost bolt up out of the box(with a 1/16"ish bit of slop on either side of the bolt)however, they lack the steel sleeve which is required IMO to properly torque the bolts back down and prevent premature bushing wear. So what can be done is... press the old steel sleeves out of the original links, and transfer them to the new links. If your like me you have a million of them laying around from all the shocks/lift kits bought over the years which will save a step. If a press isn't at your disposal, you can get creative with a vice too.
So before:
After:
Also I figure I should put something simple in place to hold the sway bar up while disconnected. I made a small tab and bolted it to the coil bucket on both sides for the links to pin to.
Hope this helps anybody looking for a simple upgrade for trail riding. I haven't articulated too much with them in place so I'm a bit leery of the quarter inch pins strength. However if worse comes to worse, Ill drill them out to 3/8" and use grade 8 3/8"s pins.
