Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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10/11/14 11:58 PM
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Finally completed my disk-o-tech upgrade and Addco 541 swaybar install - along with replacing every bushing in the front end. Have to say after years of putting this off it was way easier than anticipated - hardest part was getting out the rusty cam bolts in the uppers. Sway bar install was super easy - the hardware change Addco made a few years ago must have done the trick - it took about an hour to install. Method I used was to -raise front end -remove wheels and install brackets at lower shock - leave loose -remove the K-member to lower rad support bracket thing -drill out holes in K-member to pass mounting bolts -loosely install K-member brackets -use sway bar bushings and brackets loosely installed to hang sway bar -point bar in the right direction -put wheels back on -drop car back onto ground -install end links loosely - building stack from bottom to top - starting with side that required the longest end link -tighten all K member mount bolts and bar mounts -angle lower shock brackets properly and tighten them down -tighten end links -install the K-member to lower rad support bracket thing Check out picks - hope this helps someone else in the future - the instructions are non-existent for this bar Now onto the rear... Plazomat
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Re: Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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10/12/14 12:19 AM
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If you haven't had one on there previously , you are going to love your sway bar after you take your first turn or take a hard curve with speed. Adding one to my car has been the single best handling upgrade on my car.
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Re: Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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10/12/14 11:08 AM
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If you haven't had one on there previously , you are going to love your sway bar after you take your first turn or take a hard curve with speed. Adding one to my car has been the single best handling upgrade on my car.
No previous bar, hope it makes a world of difference, school bus handling wasn't any fun.
Did you use a rear bar? Which one? I got and Addco 7/8 waiting to go on..
Plaz
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Re: Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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10/13/14 11:19 AM
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The bars are rarely the same size. Proper sizing depends on the spring weights, weight of the car, balance of the car, and a few other things.
In general, the rear bar will be significantly smaller than the front to promote a more controllable understeer at the limit.
I used a factory 7/8" bar on the front of the hot rod and a 3/4" bar on the rear. It handled fairly well.
We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon
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Re: Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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10/16/14 05:46 PM
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Thanks for posting this Plazomat, we are going to get that kit for my dad's '66 Coronet.
I emailed Addco, and attached are their installation instructions...
MOPARS ONLY! '69 Daytona, '16 Plum Crazy Challenger, '12 Durango, '01 Sebring conv't Chaplain, Racers For Christ ( http://teamrfc.org/) John 3:17
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Re: Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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10/26/14 06:50 PM
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That front suspension looks great. I can imagine how much difference no bar to bar would make.
Is your pedal hard now, or sinking, or what?
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Addco 541 swaybar installed...1969 Plymouth B-Body
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11/11/14 12:28 AM
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That front suspension looks great. I can imagine how much difference no bar to bar would make.
Is your pedal hard now, or sinking, or what?
Sorry Larry just saw this...pedal just sucks but I did somethings wrong have another thread on that with lots of suggestions from the gurus on this board as usual..have not had time to work on it...she will be right eventually.
PLAZ
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