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I mean they look like they're in good shape. They're OEM for sure. Grab onto the link and see if it moves at all. It's common for them to snap since they're literally just a long bolt going through the arm and sway bar.
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They are stiff. Looks like where the bushings are that they could be replaced. I've seen a lot worse. Tomorrow I'm putting stock front shocks back on.

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If the sway bar is good then your truck would sway 4x more without it connected/broken. So whatever rolling it's doing around corners or "jerking the wheel back and forth" is just from being so high over stock, as mentioned earlier:

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You're running a 35" tire on a baby Ranger, so you have a pretty "high" center of gravity now.
If the shock swap makes no difference, considering any performance brand of shock (Bilstein, Pro Comp, Fox, Rancho, etc) will be much stiffer than a Motorcraft shock, then "it's just like that"
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It feels good in the corners. It's bad when I back off the gas. Like I'm rowing a boat.
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I push 35's on my K10 that's lifted 4 inches,
So if you lifted your ranger and are running 35's your center of gravity is probably high?
My stock 98 ranger sways bad at like 60+
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OP has a 3 inch body lift and a bar crank, plus 35"
So probably around 8-10 inches over stock.
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Your cv's don't like you. I don't run a sway bar and it is fine.

Is it body roll or could it be from your tires? Some tires make you move around and maybe that is what you are feeling.

You may need a stiffer shock as you've mentioned but have you gotten an alignment since cranking everything?
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It feels bad in the back end. Could those extended shackles cause this.
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It feels bad in the back end. Could those extended shackles cause this.
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Found problem, lug nuts bottoming out cause messed up rims. Lugs were tight just not tight to rim.
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Found problem, lug nuts bottoming out cause messed up rims. Lugs were tight just not tight to rim.
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