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2012/04/30 13:33:35 (permalink)
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front sway bar brackets

Hi everyone,
just wondering what people make of this? Just bought a new swaybar from whiteline (20mm upgrading from 18) and  the bushings are a different height... I think I may have turfed the old sway bar mounting brackets so I don't have a comparison, but my question is would these yellow bushings fit the stock brackets perhaps? Are the stock ones larger in height? I could fab up some new brackets fairly easily I suppose, but would be a lot simpler just to pick up some old ones from a wreck. Unfortunately I can't hack the end of them off either because there wouldn't be enough material between the bar and the chassis. Yellow ones are whiteline in the pic below; they came with 2 sets of different heights. Red ones are my current "prothane" type bushings. 
Cheers guys, Ed
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    ashtwo
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    Re:front sway bar brackets 2012/04/30 13:35:54 (permalink)
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    forgot to mention the shortest of the new bushings is 40mm in height, prothane ones are 30mm
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    Re:front sway bar brackets 2012/04/30 15:17:15 (permalink)
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    That seems to be what I recieved when I bought my Whiteline front bar.
    One set of bushes fitted my '90 model brackets exactly except that they were a bit too tall. 
    It was important not to squeeze them too tight, so I simply fitted 3 mm aluminum spacers under the brackets. (I also used the stock bolts)

    post edited by Reddtarga - 2012/04/30 15:25:57

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    Re:front sway bar brackets 2012/04/30 20:42:18 (permalink)
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    I didn't even think of doing that! Will make up some spacers from some plate off cuts I have lying about. Cheers for that mate:)
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    Re:front sway bar brackets 2012/04/30 23:02:20 (permalink)
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      Here's an idea......use a hacksaw and cut 10mm off the bottom of bush.
                       Looks like it would work.
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    Re:front sway bar brackets 2012/04/30 23:43:50 (permalink)
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    Nah I can't unfortunately, there won't be enough material between the chassis and sway bar, the new ones have the hole a bit too low so would make a very weak bushing
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    Re:front sway bar brackets 2012/05/02 10:33:01 (permalink)
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    i just bought some body washers (big wide washers) and used them as spacers... seems to be working.

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