[Shotimes] Broke the Bolt to the Rear Swaybar to frame bushing mount...any ideas?

[Ron Porter]

A piece of duct tape with silicone around the edges worked like a charm!!
After a year of road crud, you couldn't even tell it was there, but it could
be easily removed if need be,

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Zach Leahy [mailto:leahyz@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:54 AM
To: Ron Porter
Cc: 1 SHOTIMES
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Broke the Bolt to the Rear Swaybar to frame bushing
mount...any ideas?

Agreed, but you end up with a large hole in the frame, and I didn't
like that idea much.  So that's why I went with my bracket, you do
have to drill a hole in the frame, but you also are filling it back in
with a bolt.

Either way works, your's is definitely easier.

Z

On 6/29/05, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> See my PictureTrail link in another post. Way easier to do it this way!!!
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Zach Leahy
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:13 AM
> To: Frank SHOrage Costa
> Cc: 1 SHOTIMES
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Broke the Bolt to the Rear Swaybar to frame
bushing
> mount...any ideas?
> 
> I have done it also, drilling onto the side of the frame that is.
> 
> I tried tacking mine down to the frame but could not get a good stick,
> probably more my poor welding skills than anything.
> 
> What I did, and it's over-complicated, but works, is this.
> 
> I made a U shaped bracket with a tab on either leg.  Like this in ascii:
>       __________________
>       |                              |
>       |                              |
> ____|                              |_____
> 
> Drilled a hole in either tab for a bolt.  This bracket fits around the
> frame rail and is about 1/2 the height of the rail, it's not an exact
> science, and it's been a long time since i made mine.
> 
> Next are 2 L shaped brackets that have a hole in etither leg, one for
> a large bolt through the frame, and one through for the bolt to the
> Omega bracket.  I think I used a 1/2" bolt through the frame.  Not
> when you get all ot the bits made (I bent mine all out of 1/4 flat
> stock using a torch to heat and bend) you need to drill a hole across
> the frame member, and bolt it all up.  Drill it forward of the tab on
> the swaybar mount, so the wholt omega bracket is on about a 30degree
> or so lean angle.  That will keep anything from slipping apart
> unwanted as it will draw it down and squeeze it up a bit.  thee should
> be a small gap between the L's and the omega, with the two bolts (one
> on either side) connecting them.  Put it all together loose, and use
> some longer bolts, and then when you have it all thee, crank those
> down and it will tighten up the swaybar.
> 
> Clear as mud right?
> 
> Here's my best shot at ascii.
>       __________________
>       |                              |
>       |                              |
> __X_|                              |__X___
> 
> __ __                               __ __
>    X  |                              |   X
>     H |                             |H
>        |                              |
> 
> right, the X's are the two screws connecting the omega to the L's, and
> the H's represent the thru bolt through the frame rail.
> 
> Um, not a pretty description, let me know if I need to make a better
> picture.
> 
> Z
> 
> 
> On 6/28/05, Frank SHOrage Costa <cryox@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Just as the subject says
> > I was planning on just spot welding it and worrying about it in a few
> > years.....I am not sure what to do, i cant drill out a grade 9.8 Bolt
with
> the
> > drill...
> >
> > I saw somewhere someone had a solution by drilling a hole in the side of
> the
> > frame, but i cant find it....specifically the pictures....
> >
> > Someone, anyone? I know someone broke one of these before.
> >
> > TIA
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