Hello,

I just installed my 1-1/4" sway bar on my 1968 Barracuda. The sway bar uses Heim joints for the endlinks (passenger side shown):

[img:left]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B47FH99TbpHuZkI4NHdNY0JkY1U/view?usp=sharing[/img]

[img:left] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B47FH99TbpHuNkh3amNCSVQ5WjQ/view?usp=sharing[/img]

When I installed everything, I had the car on the ground. I set the endlinks so that I could move (rotate slightly) the Heim joints using my fingers. That means to me that at rest, the car does not have any (or very little) tension on the sway bar/end links/Heim joints.

1. Is that the correct way to do it? Or should the sway bar have tension on it at rest?

2. The sway bar endlinks required the Heim joint to be turned out (ie, more threads showing) more on the passenger's side than the driver's side. Maybe the bar was bent slightly, I didn't test that prior to installing. Regardless, I'm a little worried about the passenger side because there wasn't much thread to begin with (about 3/4" thread tops). I'm worried that it might not have enough thread and let-loose during spirited driving.

Any advice would be great and very appreciated.

Thank you in advance.