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I concur, that doesn't seem like a condition for bad sway bar bushings. However, for general maintenance purposes, you should be able to quickly tell if those bushing are bad with a visual inspection and a good ol grab, push and pull. There should be 0 play in them. And, replacing them is literally 4 bolts out (2 bolts per clamp), sway bar drops, remove old bushings, slide new bushing over the sway bar, line up the "clamp", 4 bolts back up. As long as the truck is on even ground and sitting on its own weight (no jack or jackstands, etc), there is no tension in the bar and it will drop easily. Might want to also grab the sway bar end links and give them a push/tug and see if you have any play there too.If you have any kind of sway, extra bounce, I would definitely look into new shocks or a rebuild.
I concur, that doesn't seem like a condition for bad sway bar bushings. However, for general maintenance purposes, you should be able to quickly tell if those bushing are bad with a visual inspection and a good ol grab, push and pull. There should be 0 play in them. And, replacing them is literally 4 bolts out (2 bolts per clamp), sway bar drops, remove old bushings, slide new bushing over the sway bar, line up the "clamp", 4 bolts back up. As long as the truck is on even ground and sitting on its own weight (no jack or jackstands, etc), there is no tension in the bar and it will drop easily. Might want to also grab the sway bar end links and give them a push/tug and see if you have any play there too.
If you have any kind of sway, extra bounce, I would definitely look into new shocks or a rebuild.
