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Originally Posted by Keros
I have the ADDCO bars on my V8 '05. They are monstrously stiff. They give the truck way more confidence than it is due in corners.
My passengers in the rear seats no longer clunk heads together when driving around, which was why I got the ADDCOs.
They also eat endlinks for breakfast, it seems... replacing another set tomorrow.
However, the panhard bar @jrm recommended is a better place to start than a stronger sway bar, I think.
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Update:
Upon inspection, the endlink itself was fine as were the bushings. However, the OEM endlink had actually wallowed out the hold in the sway bar and thus had become loose and mobile in the hole (even though the bolt was tight).
There's alot of force transmitted through the sway bar, so it's no surprise this happened. The shop cut off the (relatively new) OEM Toyota endlinks and replaced them with MOOG links, which do not appear to suffer the design flaws the Toyota endlinks did. I had them add grade 12.9 washers to protect the bar from being ripped up.
The MOOG endlinks have a much larger ball housing with a greaseable zerk fitting. The shaft is WAY bigger. And the bar-end bolt has a nut fitting cut into the ball side of the bolt to hold with a wrench while installing and removing the [much larger] nut.
Which endlinks to buy? atleast on purchase inspection, the MOOG is far superior to the Toyota. We'll see how they hold up to a heavy flogging up some mountain roads and through winters.
