Drew
Those pads are fixed to the frame and are drilled and tapped to take the bushing
brakets. 5/16 fine if I remember correctly and bolts about 3/4" long will do
nicely.
---------------------- Forwarded by Alan Inglis/BC Research/CA on 01/06/99 03:47
PM ---------------------------
Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com> on 01/06/99 03:18:25 PM
Please respond to Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
cc: (bcc: Alan Inglis/BC Research/CA)
Subject: Mounting a Sway Bar.
Happy New Year and all that rot,
Well, I finally got a used factory 9/16 sway bar from Sportscar Parts in
Arlington Texas (nice people) only had to pay $66 for everything including
shipping... it even came with new brackets mounts and rubber bushings.
Now that I bead blasted and painting it, it looks brand new.
So, now I'm ready to install it and this is where I need some advice...
How do I attach the bushing brackets to the square tubular frame?
I can easily drill out the fasteners that hold what looks like bracket pads
(already in place and the same size as the sway bar bushing brackets), but I
can't get inside the frame to drop a bolt through. I don't want to drill
both sides of the frame and use a real long bolt clear through the height
the frame, for fear that it would collapse the square tubular frame.
So what's everybody else done when they added a sway bar?
Thanks,
-Drew
'62 Sprite
|