First Gen Front sway bar

[Dirtscience]

Did all First gen 4X4's come with sway bars or were they part of a package or some other kind of option? Mine has none, and I'm wondering if its supposed to. I'm looking for junkyard trucks now in hopes of finding one. Any Leaf Spring truck I have owned from the vintage of 1975 and up had them but not this one and its my first dodge.



Thanks guys.



Mark

 

[AKimmel]

I have/had an 87, two 89's, and a 93, and none of them have sway bars, and all are 4x4's. The only 4x4 trucks I've seen with sway bars were Ramchargers.

 

[RRothenberger]

My 91" doesn't have one, nether does my buddy's 91' or 93'. All of them are diesel 4x4's. I've never seen a first gen diesel 4x4 dodge with a sway bar. Doesn't seem like they really need one.

 

[CLiberty]

I had an 86 W250 that had one and my current 93 W250 has one. The 86 had the "Prospector" trim level and the 93 is an "LE" model (both loaded, pwr windows/locks,mirrors etc. )

 

[Dirtscience]

Interesting. Mine is also and LE and has all the options as your 93 CLiberty. The plates on top of the front springs have holes in them for the sway bar hookups but alas no sway bar. Thanks for the replies guys. Guess that answers that.



Mark

 

[Why Not]

I just bought my first Dodge Cummins gen 1 truck 2 weeks ago and it has a saw bar on the truck and it is a LE 4X4 truck W250.



Why Not

 

[DieselBuzz]

I have a 93 W250 LE. I took the sway bar off when I put springs on the front. It was getting in the way of the install. That was about 4 years ago and I haven't missed it. If I had a slide in camper, I would probably put it back on but I don't see it for me. If some one is interrested in mine PM me.

 

[chunter]

All (4) of the LE W250 cummins powered trucks I have owned had front sway bars.

 

[RRothenberger]

Both of my buddys 91' & 93' LE's didnt have sway-bars. All of the trucks had the brackets on the leafsprings.

 

[AKimmel]

Both of my buddys 91' & 93' LE's didnt have sway-bars. All of the trucks had the brackets on the leafsprings.

Dido, my 93 was an LE w250, and didn't have a sway bar.

 

[tx_fireman1525]

Mine is an LE W250 and it does have a sway bar

 

[BHiggins]

My '92 W350 LE has a sway bar, my 1990 W250 did not. I didn't notice any difference between the way the two trucks rode (for a short while I had them both on the road at the same time, but sold the '90 in 2004). The previous owner of my '92 had a LARGE slide in camper, and I'm sure it made a difference in that aspect as DieselBuzz said.

 

[hotram03]

I have a 92 LE W250 and it doesn't have a sway bar, why does some of these trucks do and some of them don't??

 

[MMiller]

My 93 came with the sway bar up front, and overload springs on top of the rear spring pack. Here's my hunch, the sway bar either came with the trailer package(ie overload springs) or maybe a "snow plow prep" package.



At any rate, my 93 came with the wider rear brake pads. Basically with the exception of the larger rear axle shafts, dual wheels, and larger wheel studs, my W250 is the same as a W350. Just a hunch, I'll bet the trucks with the smaller rear pads, don't have the sway bar up front. My 90 with 307's has no sway bar, but it has a 6" lift installed by the PO. Unknown if it came with one from the factory.



Michael

 

[CLiberty]

I dug out the window sticker for my truck and it lists the sway bar as a $41. 00 option. FWIW there is nothing on the sticker denoting a towing or plow prep package.

 

[TKingsbury]

My truck did not have one, but did have the brackets on the spring plates. My truck was also lifted before I got it, so I figured someone canned it. I just went to the junk yard and grabbed one off of a Ramcharger and stuck it on. I figured it couldn't hurt having one. The only glitch is the ramcharger unit is straight under the oil pan, so you have to space it down at the mounts 3/4" so it wont rub the pan. As to why some had them and some didn't, I'd be interested to know why my LE doesn't have cruise control?!

Travis. .

 

[Flexiheep]

My 93 W250 Club Cab LE has one, it also had the 3" rear brakes from the factory too. No camper package, factory hitch, or snow plow setup. Mine in still mounted, but the links have not been connected in 2-3 years, I can feel a little tiny bit of lean. I want to do the cross over steering and ditch the stock draglink, the swaybar is in the way of this, so off it comes since it hasn't been hooked up anyway. I think solid steering is more important than a little lean in hard corners.

I have always thought that a camper special setup had a rear swaybar, not a front (based on newer dodges passing me on the road). Rear swaybars can induce oversteer, my spooled jeep turns much better on pavement with the rear bar on than when it is off. With a camper I believe a rear bar would be better than running a front one only and having the frame twisting up in every corner as the weight in the rear fights the swaybar in the front.

 

[MMiller]

Does anybody have a factory rear swaybar?



I guess the sway bar was an individual option, not included with any "package"



Michael

 

[hotram03]

Does anyone make a nice looking kit to install a front or rear sway bar on these trucks if anybody wanted to?

 

[guava]

My 93 w250 4x4 has the front sway bar and the larger rear brakes. No helper springs.