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> factory front sway bar, what is needed
TheCabinetmaker
post Mar 17 2005, 08:57 AM
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I have a wrecked roller with an undamaged front factory swaybar. What do I need to take off the car to go with it and what can I get new. Mine does not have the attachments for the drop link on the A arm. Can I get them new or do I need to grind them off. Do I cut out the reinforcements where they enter the body below the gas tank,or get new ones from Engman. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

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post Mar 17 2005, 09:00 AM
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I would buy all the parts, except for the bar itself.

All that stuff is cheap.


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post Mar 17 2005, 09:10 AM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) mostly.

bar, lever arms, and droplinks.
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post Mar 17 2005, 09:16 AM
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Ok, where's the best place to get them? Didn't see them on the usual mail order places.
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post Mar 17 2005, 09:19 AM
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i'm in the process of installing front and rear bars on my project. i got all the front and rear bits i needed from rich at hph.

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post Mar 17 2005, 10:28 AM
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pelican and gpr have the bushings, get the steel parts from Mark and keep the parts that Rich said.
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post Mar 17 2005, 10:49 AM
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Mark... do you make the u-brackets for the a-arms? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

I don't remember seeing them on your roster of goodies. If not you should. It would make a nice complete package for those who want to add a bar.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) with Rich, Sean and others. Get the bar, levers, conical nose bushing covers and drop links. Buy the mounts from Mark. Check the bushings, they might not be in too bad of condition. New isn't that much though...
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post Mar 17 2005, 11:31 AM
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Mark... do you make the u-brackets for the a-arms?


Not yet - soon though - probably be something else I will offer that no one will buy... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Seriously - it will be a couple of weeks - gonna hafta make a die to make these - spacing is too tight for anything else.

Got all the other stuff though!

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post Mar 17 2005, 11:44 AM
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a nice small grinder, an assortment of wire wheels, some new fuel line to replace the old stuff when you pull the tank, "should i treat the inside of the tank?", rust treatment, primer, paint, new transverse link bushings (a-arm). just kidding, that's just how i get caught up in a simple change. things to consider tho. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

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post Mar 17 2005, 12:18 PM
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All The Usual Suspects have sway-bar mounting stuff. Weltmeister makes "U-tab" kits for the A arms, and they make bolt-in reinforcements for the fender openings with nuts welded on. The latter, I think, are sold as a kit with the outer covers for the bushings? Not sure now. They also sell a "no tank removal required" fender kit, which is a pair of U-bolts and should not be used. Ever.

Off the old car, get: The bar, the arms, the drop-links, the sway bar bushings, the bushing cover, and the bushings on the drop-links. You'll likely be tossing some of it (especially the old bushings) but they're not hard to get out while you're getting the rest of the stuff.

If you don't like the bolt-on U-tab kits or the weld-on equivalent, get the A-arms as well. They're a good bit of work to bolt up, though.

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post Mar 17 2005, 01:05 PM
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a nice small grinder, an assortment of wire wheels, some new fuel line to replace the old stuff when you pull the tank, "should i treat the inside of the tank?", rust treatment, primer, paint, new transverse link bushings (a-arm). just kidding, that's just how i get caught up in a simple change. things to consider tho.


Spoken like a true infectee.

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post Mar 17 2005, 01:18 PM
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spend on some quality time in your jeep for the repeated trips to the stores for the thing you should have bought yesterday, or the day before. it's bad when you get to the point where you use the visa even for the little crap because you eat up all your cash.(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/clap.gif) then you have to go to the bank machine. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

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post Mar 17 2005, 01:49 PM
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Curt,

Below is a pic of all the parts you want to remove. Clean up the rubber bushings and appraise their condition and replace if necessary.

I would use the Pelican U-tabs and weld them on.

Keep Dahle away from the bushings. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)


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post Mar 17 2005, 09:14 PM
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Can someone show a picture of where the drop links attach to. I have everything on my car that is in that picture but the bottom of my drop links arent attached to anthing. They just sway back and forth.
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post Mar 17 2005, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE (jgiroux67 @ Mar 17 2005, 07:14 PM)
Can someone show a picture of where the drop links attach to. I have everything on my car that is in that picture but the bottom of my drop links arent attached to anthing. They just sway back and forth.

What do you expect, it's a sway bar! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif)
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post Mar 17 2005, 10:00 PM
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Ha, seriously what do the drop links connect to at the bottom
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post Mar 17 2005, 10:03 PM
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They attach to "u tabs" that are attached to the top of the a arms.
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post Mar 17 2005, 10:05 PM
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QUOTE (jgiroux67 @ Mar 17 2005, 09:14 PM)
Can someone show a picture of where the drop links attach to. I have everything on my car that is in that picture but the bottom of my drop links arent attached to anthing. They just sway back and forth.

not a stock bar, but you get the idea


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post Mar 17 2005, 10:27 PM
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Thank you, that helps out alot!
Did 73 2.0l come with u-tabs already on the a-arms?
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post Mar 17 2005, 10:31 PM
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Only the ones that had swaybars. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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