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sway bar pics.
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Mekanic
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I'll take a couple pics of the rear sway bar on my '93 later today and post them.
Mekanic
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Hope these help.
Mekanic
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It was on the truck when we bought it new in '93. I've never driven with it off. From what I've read it's not a good idea to do so.
the rear bar? I didn't have one stock and installed an aftermarket bar. I LOVE it, the truck handles so much better now. If you don't have one and want a better handling truck, this is a good option.
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well when i just installed my 94 explorer 8.8 couple months agao and it came with a sway bar. but my truck never had one and i needed to know where the holes should be placed on the frame. i have bad body roll right now hopefully this helps with that
yea im looking at performance sway bars for front and rear for my truck their expincive but from wut i hear its a great idea. to hear someone say it actually made a difference makes me wanna go get them right now.
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To the OP: You'll probably want to do some checking on that explorer rear. When I Was searching for a rear axle recently in the yard I noticed that on some of the explorers the sway bar was installed behind the axle rather than in front. Don't know how the 94 Explorer was set up.
Like I've said to others before, saying it again for reference and maybe save someone some money. Get a aftermarket front bar if you want (don't know much about interchangeability there), but when it comes to the rear please save your money by checking the junk yard first. You can get a 1" rear sway bar out of a Ranger or BII (maybe even explorer). They are as big as what you'll find aftermarket, and all you have to do is get a new set of bushings (if even that). Have to do a little searching, and have a little patience but they can be found.
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The 84 Ranger in my sig was my first vehicle, it came without bars front or rear. Drove it for years like this, and I'm a very spirited driver. Two words: "Body Roll". Something as simple as a lane change would feel like I was turning at high speeds in a boat.. In all those years I never missed a sway bar didn't know the affect it would have either. Beginning of last year I installed the 1 1/4" front bar, and WOW!!! The truck is already 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better. Still get some roll on the rear but the front is great. I've currently got the 1" BII bar I mentioned above waiting to go onto the rear axle, I've just got to find the proper bushings. Ordered the set I believed to be the right size, but they were listed wrong, compared specs to find the right size now just got to order them. Once I get the rear bar in, install my 3" drop beams, flip the rear shackle and install new springs all around I fully expect this truck to riding like a boat to like it was on rails. Sure I'm sacrificing ride quality some but that's exactly how I want it to handle.
Like I've said to others before, saying it again for reference and maybe save someone some money. Get a aftermarket front bar if you want (don't know much about interchangeability there), but when it comes to the rear please save your money by checking the junk yard first. You can get a 1" rear sway bar out of a Ranger or BII (maybe even explorer). They are as big as what you'll find aftermarket, and all you have to do is get a new set of bushings (if even that). Have to do a little searching, and have a little patience but they can be found.
My Experience:
The 84 Ranger in my sig was my first vehicle, it came without bars front or rear. Drove it for years like this, and I'm a very spirited driver. Two words: "Body Roll". Something as simple as a lane change would feel like I was turning at high speeds in a boat.. In all those years I never missed a sway bar didn't know the affect it would have either. Beginning of last year I installed the 1 1/4" front bar, and WOW!!! The truck is already 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better. Still get some roll on the rear but the front is great. I've currently got the 1" BII bar I mentioned above waiting to go onto the rear axle, I've just got to find the proper bushings. Ordered the set I believed to be the right size, but they were listed wrong, compared specs to find the right size now just got to order them. Once I get the rear bar in, install my 3" drop beams, flip the rear shackle and install new springs all around I fully expect this truck to riding like a boat to like it was on rails. Sure I'm sacrificing ride quality some but that's exactly how I want it to handle.
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Couldn't tell you about how to improve ride quality, if I want quality I'll climb into the 99 4x4. If I want to run I'll jump into the 84. That said yes softer shocks may help.
I don't think the location will make a difference, more just wanting to make sure it was brought to your attention before you installed it wrong. IMO I'd install the bar just like it was on the explorer as that's the way it was designed to work, and I'd try to get the angles close to what they are in the picture shown above. IIRC the ones I saw in the yard were close to parallel with the frame, and the end link was a little less than a 90 degree angle to the bar.
I don't think the location will make a difference, more just wanting to make sure it was brought to your attention before you installed it wrong. IMO I'd install the bar just like it was on the explorer as that's the way it was designed to work, and I'd try to get the angles close to what they are in the picture shown above. IIRC the ones I saw in the yard were close to parallel with the frame, and the end link was a little less than a 90 degree angle to the bar.
i baught Toxic Lowrider shocks from Stylin Concepts in cleveland. or FinishLine in cleveland.
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