35/36swaybar

Ok I fitted the anti sway bar as follows based on my 35 pickup dropped axle, lowered spring ( not reversed eye) , pete&jakes shocks ;
Cutting and drilling out the rivets takes a bit of time, the peanuts fitted ok for me I had plenty left on the perch pins and the taper seemed fine however angles don't seem to be that good when done up. The biggest hiccup was the bolts supplied for the D shackles where to short when using the spacer plate which you have to use! I ended up having to go get some 2" long to make it easy. Also had to cut a good 1/2" off the spacer tube for the link ends to level them off. Allow yourself the better part of a day if you don't have a hoist and a lot of swearing.
You get a lot for $140 it's works and is well worth the money. It's does stiffen the whole front end suspension wise too! Some may not like that.. The thing that I thought it would do it didn't and that was cause a bit of understeer, I couldn't notice it. For a pickup I wouldn't bother with putting one on the rear, good as it is. Again for the money and what you get it's a winner despite the swearing of fitment.
 
How did you handle the axle nuts; cotter pin, lock washer, glue? I also would like to see some close-up pictures.

Thanks

Tom
 
I could put the split pins back in, just curved them and they fitted through. Ok I'll do some pics, I did take a picture of the castle nut sitting in the peanut. Hang on....
 
Pics for those interested.. Just to clear something up, don't take the "despite the swearing of fitment" as a bad fit, I meant the job itself!
 

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Food for thought.. The use of Nyloc type of nuts to secure parts that can be subject to high stress is not a recommended installation...
You are putting all of your trust in a nylon sleeve within the nut, and only have half as much actual steel thread contact.. Nyloc nuts should also be discarded after one use..
 
Finally got the sway bar ( roll bar) mounted,wasn't as easy as it looks getting to the bolts inside frame under hood ,Had some good help from Bruce.The only problem I see is the bar might hit the shock,only have about a inch clearance,if it does hit I could shorten the spacer on the link,,this would give me a couple inch clearance,

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I did have the wrong length bar when I started to install.come to find out I had a 37-41 axle that had been put in sometime in it's life,probally when hydraulic brakes were installed,called chassis end ,no problem they exchanged me for the correct bar ,just paid shipping
 
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Finally got the sway bar ( roll bar) mounted,wasn't as easy as it looks getting to the bolts inside frame under hood ,Had some good help from Bruce.The only problem I see is the bar might hit the shock,only have about a inch clearance,if it does hit I could shorten the spacer on the link,,this would give me a couple inch clearance,
 
For the members who have installed the front anti-roll bar with the "peanuts" affixed with the perch nuts...do all of the parts make the scrub line? Mine do not. Granted I am using much smaller tires up front with 15" rims.
 
V8COOPMAN said:
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The scrub line you are referencing is correct for alignment purposes but a different definition is used when applied to NSRA safety inspection.
NSRA says no suspension component shall extend below the bottom of the wheel,so in the event of a flat tire nothing will drag on the ground & prevent steering control.
Using the same "peanuts" (chassis engineering's term) after installing them to the axle I used an 18" pipe wrench to bend the peanut up & parallel, then attached the sway bar links to get above the "scrub line".
 
This looks cool, big sway-bar advocate. Have installed beefier sway-bars on many vehicles with lots of success in better handling. Does anyone think this will level out a sedan with a Bachelors lean? I loosened all the shackle connections oiled up the springs let it all hang on jack stands for a couple of weeks then re-torqued all in sequence. Helped, was a little more than 2 " now is about an inch. Think I'll do regardless but was just thinking.
 
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