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| | | F250...... #540982 February 18th 2012 11:43 pm | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 journeyman | OP journeyman Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 | ... rear sway bar, I at a PAP place and seen a F250 with rear sway bar. rear axle area looks to be the same as my 88 E250. Has anybody tryd installing on a van??? I checked out aftermarket places,seemed pricey. thnx, Jeff Although I hear voices,"they have some good IDEALS"
| | | Re: F250...... | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | Haven't done it, but the rears should be nearly identical, should work. | | | Re: F250...... | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 journeyman | OP journeyman Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 | SuperBeast and folks, i went back to PAP place with a tape measure.Van frame rails measured from center of rail to center of rail was like 39 1/4"... (if i recall rite LOL) The F250 i was looking at measured 36" center of frame rail to center of frame rail, the end links had a slight bend where they connected to the frame(outside). but it still only measure 38". I might snag one up still (for the price $21.80) and see what i can do @ end links. just dont know if its gonna be WIDE enough for what I'm lookin for it to do????
keep ya informed.
later, Jeff
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| | | Re: F250...... | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 journeyman | OP journeyman Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 | just remembered... The bent end links where on a Bronco. The F250 where staight and mounted to the frame on there own brackets. later, Jeff Although I hear voices,"they have some good IDEALS"
| | | Re: F250...... | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9,855 Likes: 234 | Jeff, measure carefully. The van rear end is the widest Ford produced for passenger type vehicles. It is also not centered, it is offset to the passenger side as is the entire drivetrain. This limits the sway bar choices as the centered offset in the sway bar will sometimes contact the offset middle chuck in the rear end housing. It all depends on the way the bar is contoured and the way it mounts. If you mount it up and it's cool, please take some pics and post 'em. Anyone with a high top (like mine) loves a good sway bar.
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| | | Re: F250......swaybars | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 journeyman | OP journeyman Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 | CatFish, thank you for the info, Im gona check that out a little more carefully.I never thought about an offset in the rear housing. as soon as i get my daughter rollin in the 82 Granada so she has a ride to work,fix my sliding door on my 88 E250(thnx VanPlan 4 the parts)so i can use it again. Im gona start to look into the swaybar theory. I think it gona work.and you bet i will take a whole bunch of as long as it WORKS,just to need to catch up on some things around the homestead first before i start later,Jeff Although I hear voices,"they have some good IDEALS"
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