F-53 Sway Bar

[OSP1268]

A note of warning!

Look at your rear sway bar bracket / bushings to see if they are loose or even still there. This is where the bracket bolts to the rear axle & supports the sway bar.

On a recent trip we lost the passenger side completely and the drivers side was very loose. In checking with other Ford F53 owners it appears that this is an ongoing problem. Ours was replaced under warranty. If I were to do it myself I would look into these: (polyurethane sway bar bushings, with greasable option)

[Open-Road-Pr]

Thank you for the heads up on this, Roger. It's raining right now or I would be out, under & checking the rear brackets. It will get done at the first opportunity and definitely before the MH is moved once again.
Ron

[HC-1 phil]

After driving home from Tx., where we bought our 99 Winnebago Adventurer 35' I was under it replacing shocks and saw that both of the rear bushings on the sway bar were completely worn out. I did exactly what you are talking about, polyurethane replacements. they were very simple to replace.

[Benny367]

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Originally Posted by HC-1 phil After driving home from Tx., where we bought our 99 Winnebago Adventurer 35' I was under it replacing shocks and saw that both of the rear bushings on the sway bar were completely worn out. I did exactly what you are talking about, polyurethane replacements. they were very simple to replace.

May I ask, where did you find the replacement polyurethane bushings at? no more rubber bushings for me, BOTH of my rear bushings are gone, metal to metal and the rig has only 27,000 miles on it!

[HC-1 phil]

I found them on E-Bay. Just keyed in F-53 rear sway bar bushings.

[RLS7201]

Ford F53 Class A rear POLY sway bar bushings 1999-2011 | eBay

Richard

[navychaps]

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Originally Posted by RLS7201 Ford F53 Class A rear POLY sway bar bushings 1999-2011 | eBay Richard

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Just finished replacing mine with the above bushings. What a difference. My original bushings fell apart when I took them out it was basically metal to metal with 38000 miles.

[billyb]

boy thats really hard to believe. mine is a 08 with 21k miles and i was just under there and they are really tight. i bought a set of the poly ones off ebay but mine are still like new.

[navychaps]

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Originally Posted by billyb boy thats really hard to believe. mine is a 08 with 21k miles and i was just under there and they are really tight. i bought a set of the poly ones off ebay but mine are still like new.

I should have taken a pic. They were all eaten up and were basically sticky goo when I removed them. Now they are all pretty blue and tight as can be.

[pkunk1]

Mine were the same way when I replaced them 2 years ago. It made all the difference in the world!