69 Dart 4 door cruiser
I made a tool to press on the outer ridge of the bushing instead of pushing on the shaft.
Seated.
Done. Now the other side.
With both bushings in, I moved onto the sway bar stuff. With all the different links I have, I figured to just go with a traditional style link setup so I needed to make brackets to attach the sway bar to both the K member and to the control arms.
I made aluminum mounts here:
Oh yeah, that bar is a massive 1 1/4”. The 1/2 ton and some 3/4 ton Chevy trucks from 73-87 used a smaller 1 1/16” front bar. That would have been fine too but this was in the shed and cost me nothing.
I did notch the K member to allow the bar to sit further forward. The stock sway bar in the 73-76 cars is what… maybe 11/16” or 3/4” ?
I made a tool to press on the outer ridge of the bushing instead of pushing on the shaft.
Seated.
Done. Now the other side.
With both bushings in, I moved onto the sway bar stuff. With all the different links I have, I figured to just go with a traditional style link setup so I needed to make brackets to attach the sway bar to both the K member and to the control arms.
I made aluminum mounts here:
Oh yeah, that bar is a massive 1 1/4”. The 1/2 ton and some 3/4 ton Chevy trucks from 73-87 used a smaller 1 1/16” front bar. That would have been fine too but this was in the shed and cost me nothing.
I did notch the K member to allow the bar to sit further forward. The stock sway bar in the 73-76 cars is what… maybe 11/16” or 3/4” ?