Recently I put new Steeda UCA (adjustable) and LCA (weight-jackers) and when I put the sway bar back on, it is hanging way too low for comfort and jacking the pumpkin up. From the lowest point on the sway bar it is approx. 4 in. from the ground. Has anyone experienced this or know how to fix it without losing the sway bar? I talked to Steeda and they have never experienced one this low but they said it should not be an issue. I just do not like how that is the only thing you see hanging from underneath the car either. Any help would be appreciated.
Rear Sway Bar Too Low
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dave181760
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Shaolin Crane
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Shaolin Crane
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Swaybars arent the easiest thing to install on a 20+ year old fox, im telling you its in the wrong way. Flip it over. The sway bar should be about an inch above the bottom of the diff cover.
95Vert383AOD
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Shaolin Crane
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Flipping it will change it, the bar doesnt come straight off the control arms
See picture
1" above the bottom of the diff cover.
Now notice the curve of the end of the bars
ttopstang
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It will be a pain to install when you do it the right way, it took me almost an hour by myself of wrestling around with mine.
cenok is family
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i want to say it's upside-down as well, but I really don't think it is. looking at all the pics shaolin posted and looking back at the OP's car, the curves look to be the same. I think it's so low because of the bend in the weight-jacker's arms and the angle it puts the swaybar mounting brackets at.
Shaolin Crane
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cenok is family
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He has it the right way.
I actually think the sway bar supports might be installed incorrectly. Seems like they are removable
I actually think the sway bar supports might be installed incorrectly. Seems like they are removable
ttopstang
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I don't know if it was the cheap lrs lower control arms or what, but i had to start 1 bolt, fight to get the other one started, then go to the other side and use a 2 foot pry bar to jam it into place while I got the bolt started.
I'm gonna have to agree with 95Vert383AOD, he said "I have weight jacker LCA's on my 95 and it looks pretty much the same....Flipping it does no good. It's the curve in the arm and the mounting point of the sway bar that does this." I remember when trying to install it the other way it would hit and not even come close to bolting up. The sway bar supports are removable as Mustang5L5 said but they can only be installed one way and if they are removed the bolt holes are too far apart on the CA compared to the sway bar. I did not have any problems installing it, there were just clearance issue and angles that seem to be the problem for hanging so low.
Shaolin Crane
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Thats why you stay away from **** like steeda, LRS. summit, etc and buy quality stuff, MM, griggs, JME
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