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9 years after I cut the factory sway bar brackets off my axle before I swapped it in I am finding myself wanting to add a rear sway bar for my new to me slide in camper.
It is proving easier said than done. Factory Ranger axle mounting won't fit because the axle tubes and center housing are bigger. So I grabbed brackets off of a OBS F-150:
And I end up with this:
So I went and tried the factory Ranger stuff on my pickup box trailer to see if the brackets lock into anything like the F-150 brackets do. I scratched lines where the bracket sits, I don't see anything:
Installed pics from the tech library:
So does it even need to be located to the axle like the F-150 one or is just clamping it good enough? I thought the PS 7.5 bracket locked on to something on the axle but I don't see where it does?
It is proving easier said than done. Factory Ranger axle mounting won't fit because the axle tubes and center housing are bigger. So I grabbed brackets off of a OBS F-150:
And I end up with this:
So I went and tried the factory Ranger stuff on my pickup box trailer to see if the brackets lock into anything like the F-150 brackets do. I scratched lines where the bracket sits, I don't see anything:
Installed pics from the tech library:
So does it even need to be located to the axle like the F-150 one or is just clamping it good enough? I thought the PS 7.5 bracket locked on to something on the axle but I don't see where it does?