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Originally Posted by heavymech
So I have a question if you're not sick of answering them. How hard was it to put the 73 sway bar in. Did the brackets mount up easily? Did the B52 kit affect anything? I recently finished the B52 kit on my 67 and I love it. But now the rear ez rides seem like they came off of a deuce and half compared to the front. I already sourced a pair of 64 rears from the bone yard and I ordered the ORD shackle flip. I'm going to relocate the factory front mounts. I love your old truck btw!
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Thanks. The B52 kit allowed the softer springs to be installed which allowed more body roll than I was comfortable with. You actually caught me at a good time for this as I was just re installing the sway bay last night while wrapping up my engine swap.
The crossmember itself is 2"x4" tube. Its held on with 2- 3/8" bolts at the ends to the frame. The little nut gizmos are left over from my B52 kit. DIY makes some killar quality stuff!
I have seen a couple of members modify and install the stock bracketry to get their sway bar installed. As for me... Im a little too lazy. I just happened to have the square stock laying around and as it turned out, it lower the bar enough to make it parallel to the leaves which may or may not help with any kind of binding.
You also need the u bolt plates / spring clamps that accept the sway bar bolt.
I would say that the bar has taken nearly 90% of the sway out of the ride.