The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline Sway bar on 59 front mounting ?

I traded some parts over xmas and got a front sway bar.I have some questions about the mounts. Where the bar connects to the spring plate just has a short piece of angle iron , one goes on the spring bolt and the other up to the bar.The instructions that came showed it that way but when I went to the venders site they have a different bracket. Emailed them and am waiting on reply. Has anyone mounted theirs that way and has it worked ok?

Pictures might help us understand what you're looking at or provide a link to the vendors web page showing the parts.

Mike B

its from brothers truck nlmf559 is their listing . I will see if I can take a pic of the bracket under the truck and post.

Is this what you have?

https://www.performanceonline.com/blog/2009/02/55-59-chevy-truck-front-sway-bar/

Mike B

Yes that's it but the instructions are much clearer in your kit. Thanks.

Here is what came with my sway bar, https://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/driveline/swaybar/2.jpg See the full install in the tech tips above under suspension sway bar mount.

Joe

Joe that was the bracket that was on the web page . It looks to me like a stronger way to attach the bar. I emailed the mfg with a pic of what I got and what they show, am hoping I can get the bracket like you have , if not I may make my own

Just took a look at my spring mount and the 59 has a shock mount on the front of the spring bolt. that may be why the difference in brackets. The one joe posted does not have the shock mount.

My shock mounts are on the front u-bolts, I had to mount the sway-bar bracket to the rear u-bolts, both on the front springs. It wouldn't take much to make a bracket out of flat steel with both shock and sway-bar mounts on the same piece since one is outboard and one inboard of the spring. I wouldn't use the ones you have. A single mounting point will not hold much and suspect it will bend before the sway bar does much flexing. I believe mine are 1/4" thick. You will need to space it off the axle a bit, the bottom side of axle is not machined flat, so spacers hold the bracket far enough off the rough casting so set flat.

Joe

Thanks joe, I went back and looked at your article, I think I can fabricate a mount like the one you have that will fit with the shock mount also. I was concerned that the single mounting point would flex and eventually break the bolt.

I am with you on that, I can't imagine anyone thinking that would work.