Sway Link Upgrade

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So...Ive been going through sway link/bushings like crazy here for the last year or so....
Is there an upgrade or better alternative?
I do have a lowering spring kit in my 1992 mustang GT....
Suggestions/solutions?

Thanks in advance

 

Mustang5L5

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Poly bushings.

Surprised you go through them so fast though. I was on my originals up to a few years ago, and the poly replacements have been holding up fine

 

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I thought I saw (once) a different design/style link. Not a PIN style, more like a pivoting arm??
Does that make sense?

 

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SPHERICAL SWAY LINKS...thats it!

 

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For a fox? Doubt you'll find a set. They mount by passing through the lower arm, so unsure how you'd get a spherical link there

 

Dan02gt

mazing how much gas smell came from that tiny hole

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How hard are you tightening them down? It could be that they are just to tight.

 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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I find out why you are using them up.
Got some pics?
Spherical end links are race stuff and don't do well on the street, dirt mud, constant movement of everyday driving will accelerate wear.
Factory setups last for over 100k miles, sounds like you have a problem that needs to be addressed.
Think about it like this, you can't inflate a tire with a hole in it by putting say nitrogen in it only thinking nitrogen is better than air, you have to fix the hole.

 

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I have replaced factory links on three fox bodies and a Cutlass with Moog poly bushings and their new hardware. On all three foxes, at least one factory bolt was bent. The Moog cadmium plated hardware has not bent, and even holds up to my GM A body with a giant lump of cast iron Olds motor twisting the Addco sway bar.
As far as why the rubber bushings would be trashed, the Cougar had a bend sway bar, I think from poor towing. The others bars were fine.

 

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Dan02gt said:

How hard are you tightening them down? It could be that they are just to tight.

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Yup...I went too tight....smashed the bushings.