Posted By: mopeman
sway bar install - 08/07/08 07:18 PM
I'm in the middle of a front suspension upgrade with viper calipers, bigger torsion bars (from a 68 RR), boxed lca's, and a sway bar. The bar is from a '68 RR 383 4bbl car (.94 dia). I am installing the bar on my '67 Coronet which didn't have a sway bar to begin with. What I need is the proper location to mount the brackets and bushings on the k-frame. There is a hole at each end of the k-frame, on the fwd side lip that I think is where the fwd bolts go. Is this correct?
Posted By: mopeman
Re: sway bar install - 08/08/08 05:16 AM
So am I the only guy that has tried to put a sway bar on a non sway bar car??? Where are the bolt holes on a sway bar equipped car???
Posted By: polaraholic
Re: sway bar install - 08/08/08 05:27 AM
That sounds correct. I took a sway bar off a 64 Ply to put on my 64 polara that didn't have one and thats how it mounted. I think mine had two mounting holes on each side though.
Posted By: Jim_Lusk
Re: sway bar install - 08/08/08 05:30 AM
I don't know about b-bodies, but 67-72 a-bodies (and even some 73-??) had the holes in the k-member for the sway bar (at least all that I've seen).
Posted By: mopeman
Re: sway bar install - 08/08/08 05:45 AM
Thanks for the reply's. The only reason I am asking is that the are two holes on the fwd side of the k-frame on the upward bend. One set of holes are closer to the center where the arms start to bend up. The other set of holes are closer to the out side of the k-frame just below the strut rod.
Posted By: mopeman
Re: sway bar install - 08/09/08 10:56 PM
OK, I think the two holes on the fwd side are for the sway bar brkt's, they seem to line up with the brkt I have. I can't seem to figure out how the bar goes on the car, I know that sounds pretty dumb!
It seems it's the wrong bar for a b-body, does anybody have pics of there bar installed.
Posted By: nutso suave
Re: sway bar install - 08/09/08 11:07 PM
i don't have a close up shot of it, but the sway bar actually goes above the k-member on my car (on those little brackets), and the ends terminate on mounts that look like they were drilled.
Posted By: mopeman
Re: sway bar install - 08/10/08 06:13 PM
Well it looks like I won't be installing the sway bar. I must have the wrong parts or I am too dumb to figure this out! I thought the bar and lca's were from the same car ('68 RR), or I am still missing some parts. The lca's that I put on the car have the link tabs near the ends of the lca between the lower ball joint and the strut rod (66-69 b-body). I could not find the brtks or hardware to bolt the bar to the k-frame, so I got a set from energy suspension p/n 9.5160G, 15/16" dia greaseable bushings with the brkts. If I put the bar up with the end links first, the holes in the k-frame don't line up the bar/brkts at all, unless the bushings are suppose to be on the bend in the bar?
The car is for street/strip use, I had 10" drums on the front and they were not doing the job very well. I also wanted to upgrade from the 273 t-bars and add a sway bar to help handling a little. I also added the lca plates. Some day I will add the bigger tie rods and quicker steering. The calipers are rear hung using ARE mounts, so those are not even in play here.
Posted By: mopeman
Re: sway bar install - 08/10/08 07:20 PM
Yes, those are the holes I've been talking about, I have those in my k-frame. No, I don't have the adapter brkts, and they didn't come with the kit I got. So I guess that means I need more parts for this to go on. If you look at the fsm it does not show the adapter brkts, so I thought the bar just bolted to the k-frame. Thanks for the help.
Posted By: hemi71x
Re: sway bar install - 08/10/08 07:51 PM
Here's a picture of a 66-69 b body sway bar with the sway bar mounting bracket.