LCA Tabs - anyone make them?

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I need to fabricate sway bar tabs for my 65 (if I can't find a set).

Anyone have good detail picts of the sway bar tabs???? thanks.....
 
I got these from other folks so hope they help.
 

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My plan is to connect the sway bar ends to the strut rods, next to the lower control arms. That is how Chrysler did it in my 1965 C-body.
 
i got my lower control arms off a 1975 dart witch had the tabs on them if you can find one in the junk yard. i just bought the whole whole car so i could have the disk brakes. i figured i could get everything i needed then scrap what was left and not have much in the parts they bolt right up
 
hdroyals said:
i got my lower control arms off a 1975 dart witch had the tabs on them if you can find one in the junk yard.
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75 Dart sway bar tabs are different than what the OP's 65 car uses, and are on a different location on the LCA.
The op would need to find 65-72 lower control arms, with mount tabs on them, for his application, if intending to use a factory sway bar, or aftermarket bar, using the stock mount location.
 
hdroyals said:
didnt know they were different i am using the sway bar from the dart
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Not to hijack the original posters thread here, but what year car would you be trying to put a 73-76 A body sway bar onto?
There are 3 different sway bars for the A body cars, for numerous reasons.
1. 65-66
2. 67-72
3. 73-76
 
I'm curious. Ive seen the thread on making the 67+ sway bar thread, but has anyone detailed a thread on making the 62-66 LCA sway bar tab?

If not....I MIGHT make one. I'll just need to borrow (from somewhere) 1 LCA with a stock tab to duplicate - and weld on.

Anyone have a bent up, useless LCA with the tab intact they can part with? or 1 LCA they would be willing to loan me?

Thanks
MIke

JUst looking at the Hellwig 55914 bar. If I have this correct....you can use the stock tab (low mounted) or bolt on the tab at the shock bolt (high mounted). I'm I thinking on this correctly?

thanks
 
I think the Hellwig system mounts to the shock bolts
in some cases.
 
I've seen the sway bar tabs for 73 up repoped/available.
The earlier tabs were not shown available. They don't have to be identical to OEM anyway. They need only to be strong enough so they don't bend.
If you look at the reinforce plates that weld to the bottom of the arm you might consider incorporating the tab in that addition ( if making your own reinforce plates ).
Working off the shock bolt is a much simpler route. Small piece of angle and shorter 73 up end link kit positioning the bars end underneath the angle works and solves disc brake conflicts too.
All this leads back to what the aftermarket offers. If they saw a need for the part....
 
swing69 said:
I'm curious. Ive seen the thread on making the 67+ sway bar thread, but has anyone detailed a thread on making the 62-66 LCA sway bar tab?

If not....I MIGHT make one. I'll just need to borrow (from somewhere) 1 LCA with a stock tab to duplicate - and weld on.

Anyone have a bent up, useless LCA with the tab intact they can part with? or 1 LCA they would be willing to loan me?

Thanks
MIke

JUst looking at the Hellwig 55914 bar. If I have this correct....you can use the stock tab (low mounted) or bolt on the tab at the shock bolt (high mounted). I'm I thinking on this correctly?

thanks
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You would need to find both a junk left and right LCA with mount tabs on them, as tabs are specific to the right and left side.
I wish Hotchkis would repop these mounts, as i do lots of LCA rebuilding, as a little side line business, for extra income, from time to time, but Hotchkis hasn't stepped up to the plate in wanting to repop them for the early A body line of cars.
Hasta be a business decision on their part, i guess.
 
FYI, if anyones interested.
Pictures of the 3 different, factory, sway bars for the A body line of cars.
1. 65-66
2. 67-72
3. 73-76
 

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I've welded on tabs for an Addco bar before to early and late A body cars. The Addco bar fit is OK...but NOT the best. The Hellwig looks like a much better fit, esp. in the K frame mount area.

Hellwig uses the angles mounted at the lower shock mount. I THINK (but I'm not sure), that the bar will also align with the lower outboard OEM tabs. NOT 100% sure though.

I added 73+ up disk brakes to a couple of early As. 1 using the Addco, 1 using stock OEM swaybar on a Forumla S. Putting the slider calipers to the rear of the spindles solves any interference problem with the calipers and stock sway bar locations.

My real question in with the Hellwig bar: 1) will the Hellwig sway bar attach to the OEM outboard LCA mounting tabs? OR MUST they go to the sway bar bolt brackets?

Seems there would be ~ 1.5" width difference on each side. The shock bolt is INBOARD of the LCA sway bar tab.

Hellwig question: will the heavier (larger OD than stock) Hellwig swaybar clear the LCA strut with OEM tabs???????????


Pict 1 is the Addco bar with poorly aligned upper link mount at the shock bolt. I think it was moved into better position before welding it (its been years....)
Pict 2 is also the bar. note sway bar length, and closeness to LCA strut too!
Pict 3 is the stock 65 formula S bar....with stock OEM mounts.
Pict 4 is the stock 65 "before" the rebuild (after it kissed some curbs.....notice the tire scrub on the lca strut. both LCAs were tossed and replace. Dammit....should have kept them for now! lol
 

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Try Hotchkis, they make ones for a B body that can be altered to fit. I used them on my car when I replaced the Kframe. Here are some pics.
 

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I may be wrong here but I compared the lcas off a 66 barracuda and a 69 swinger and couldn't see any difference... if that is correct that'll give you a lil better odds on finding a set of sway bar lcas.65-72
you'll still need to find a 65-66 bar tho
 
I'm using a Hellwig bar. I'm waiting for Dave to chime in to clarify;

1) will the Hellwig bar work with stock OEM tabs on a 65. IF so....no interference with the LCA strut?
2) should I just use the upper position? (L bracket at the shock bolt)

I'm ok either way.......
 
I have a 66 valiant, luckily I was able to find a correct sway bar but no lower control arms with brackets. I ended up making some that I think will work. By the way the second bend is a real bugger.

My 65 coronet has a sway bar that attaches to the strut arms. It works fine.
 

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I used a 3 inch piece of 1 1/2" square tube, and cut it diagonally, end to end, spread and ground to custom fit, and ended up with pieces much like those in the previuos post..

hope it helps
 
I have made quite a few of them, but this was before the internet and we never took pictures. Never figured we'd be showin um off. We just used pieces of angle iron. We would mount the sway bar to the frame, set the car on the ground and bring the link points up horizontally until they looked about right, and locate the angle iron brackets to coordinate where the ends of the bar were. It's extremely easy to do. Certainly not worthy of a bajillion pages on a forum......I mean seriously, the whole process takes like 30 minutes including draggin tools out. I wish I had the forethought to take pictures of most everything I ever did. I know a person or two that has done just that......but I never took the time, because I was almost always in a line situation as a mechanic getting paid flat rate. Nobody pays for takin pictures. lol
 
I've made a bunch of em too but this may help someone that wants the correct look for a nice resto... plus for 40$ I'll buy em....especially now that someone makes nice ones,and the hotchkis ones are spot on with the mopar ones.
i just stuck a set on my 67 coronet and it'd be hard for anyone to tell the lca's weren't factory sway bay pieces.
 
I'll take some 65 S pics tonight and see if that helps. I'm looking for the rubber frame isolators myself.
 
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