1st gen sway bars

Anyone have any experience with aftermarket sway bars?

I have a 3.4 6 cylinder and my factory front sway bar has rusted at the bushing location and is now shredding brand new bushings. There's a good amount of knock and the bush lip keeps getting destroyed and popping out.

Current plan is to swap steering rack bushings and look into a beefy aftermarket sway.

Any suggestion for a mostly road use highway driving taco?

 

Many will remove their swaybar for increased off-road articulation. Why spend extra on an aftermarket one, if you can get OE for a song? Upgrade the bushing to energy suspension products and your good

 

Valid point. I'll post a WTB thread and see what's out there but I've seen that a lot of people swear by the rear sway from SDtrucksprings so I'm still open to whacky aftermarket bars. Valid point though. Cheaper is better in this case.

 

Now why would you bring logic and reason into the conversation?

Visited the Energy Suspension Parts website. The Hyperflex Master Kit caught my eye. Something like that seems like a good idea now that I've passed 140K on the odometer. My truck's had an easy life, but I plan on putting in some off-road miles from here on out. Might give some peace of mind, and probably improve the ride.

 

If your brackets are rusted out just replace those along with the bushings. Poly bushings are easier to work with but it doesn't have the dampening capabilities of rubber. You'll feel a lot more road vibrations and it will be rougher will all poly. Granted your just talking sway bars but still.

 

^^ Right on!

 

Definatley get this -

 

I am in the sort same boat. My sway bar broke, not exactly sure how, and I WAS looking for a replacement.
From the advice I've read on here, I've decided to go without for a while to try it.
After a couple weeks I don't think I'll get another one.

Not the help you're looking for, but I hope it helps.

 

Unfortunately not the brackets. The actual surface of the bar has flaked and pitted, which in turn acts as an abrasive to whittle away at the bush and eat it alive. I've already wire wheeled it clean and repainted only to have another 4wheeler bush disintegrate and split...again.

 

Take some pictures this sounds interesting