Lowered Sway Bar

[Teekass]

My JTR differential flange adapter was hitting my sway bar, so I made some brackets to move the sway bar down an inch and a half. Here are the pictures, if anyone is interested:

 

 

Factory position v/s Lowered position:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Factory mounting bracket:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lowering Brackets: 1 3/4" wide x 3 1/2" long pieces of 3/16" plate. Then made two gussets from 3/16" plate. In hindsight, 2" wide (as opposed to 1 3/4") would have been better, because the factory bracket is 1 3/4" wide, so you have to line it up just right to weld it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cutting-Torched the factory brackets: (btw, the torch works great for removing the undercoating for later welding).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squared up the factory brackets on a bench grinder, so they would lay flat on the brackets, then put them back on the sway bar.

 

Welded in the lowering brackets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welded the factory mounts to the lowering mounts:

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty of room now, and the picture is deceiving.....the bottom of the sway bar is NOT lower than the cross member, in fact it's even with it.

 

[Teekass]

I know I most likely put this in the wrong forum, but my thought was that the Chevy V8Z adapter flange caused the clearance issue so I put it in the Chevy V8Z forum.