Going through the front end of my '85 LTD wagon. I noticed that the sway bar link bushings had seen better days. I ordered some Energy Suspension end links with poly bushings (98121G). I'm usually pretty keen on checking other applications since it isn't uncommon to find LTD Crown Victoria parts listed for this car (thanks Ford for building two different cars with the same name in the same year). I checked and it did list 79-93 Mustang as another application so I figured I was pretty safe.
I got the end links yesterday and noticed that the spacer that goes between the control arm and the bar is a bit longer than the parts that I took off. On the new parts the spacer is 4.5" and on the parts I took off the car they are 3.375". I did not pay attention to how parallel the sway bar was to the ground when I took it off.
I can always cut the spacer as needed since the bolt seems to be the same length between the two (not sure on threaded length yet), but I thought this was strange. Has anyone seen anything like this?
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