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Sway bar is rubbing inside edge of righthand rim at full left lock, post lift

Discussion in '4th Gen 4Runners (2003-2009)' started by Bgeebs37, Apr 7, 2025.

  1. Apr 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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    Bgeebs37

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    Howdy! New member, longtime lurker.

    I recently got a lift (2.5” F&B) as well as adding the sway bar relocation kit and extended sway bar end links from offroad custom designs. Since then/in the past couple days I noticed a grinding/rubbing noise from front right when at full left lock. Jacked it up and was able to see it was the sway bar hitting the inside edge of my rim. But on the left side, at full right lock, theres still about 1-1.5” of space between the two. Is my sway bar not centered? Should i remove the relocation kit? (It moved the sway bar fwd to ensure space between sway bar and front springs). Just trying to brainstorm, thank you for any help!

    Link to video I took of issue: https://youtube.com/shorts/gXqlhurU1wY?si=mdNbNAaLRcImU6cc
     
  2. Apr 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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    RonT4R

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    Is your sway bar centered (same distance on each side)? When I lifted mine I received a set of blocks to lower the sway bar to prevent rubbing.
     
  3. Apr 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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    Bgeebs37

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    Was able to get it up on a lift yesterday, sway bar looked centered. I had the same blocks and removing them actually fixed the rim rubbing issue when at full lock, but Im still noticing a rhythmic rubbing/scraping noise when Im in a sweeping lefthand curve. Really odd
     

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