Sway Bar on my 67 cj5

Its something iv wanted to do since i built the jeep a few years ago. I only drive it on the road with the hardtop on year round so with 4 passengers in it sway can be quite excessive. So the sway bar is from a golf cart i found at the junk yard. I think it was on the rear end. Fits perfectly the arms are exactly as wide as the frame. I made the mounts out of some muffler clamps. It was quick and easy i figured if they dont hold up i can make somthing beefier. The links are just a heim joint with a bolt welded on for the bushings in the sway. i just made a couple plates to bolt the bushings too and welded it to the crossmember. again rather quick and dirty i can reinforce it better later if needed but it seems sturdy enough. clearance is real tight with the big ol stabilizer shock but it doesnt interfere with anything. again that can be modified later if it becomes a problem. but it works! and the difference was noticeable straight off the bat. It took care of the rocking going down the road.

 

You must have some kind of stiff ride whit this suspension under....but great job on sway bar!!!

 

nope its soft . probrobly because it had a huge plow on it since the 70s and was bottomed out on the bump stops for so many years

 

great job on the install, its on my to do list for mine.... just an observation but it looks like you have some bent leaves in the right spring pack

 

thanks.. yea the fronts are original and have seen better days for sure. i swaped the rears for a better used set because they were broke. none are broken on the front so im not going to mess with them yet. I have my hands full already with broken springs on two chevy trucks i have

 

The front bar has held up fine and I added a rear bar. This one I picked up off the ground at the junk yard so unfortunately I have no idea what car it came off of. But It was too wide for direct bolt on anyway. I took 7" out of it right about where one of the bushings is. Just cut it and beveled it to a point and welded back together really well. I boxed the back of the frame when i built the jeep so i had to drill an access hole for the bolts. That was the hardest part of the install and really wasnt hard at all. It fit perfeclty around the exhaust which was awesome. The drop links are from a 99 audi a4. Then i just made a couple brackets for the axle. leveled up the jeep and welded them on. So far so good. Definalty a noticeable improvement. its not super stiff or anything but you can tell it doesnt rock around like it did around turns. I know this probrobly doesnt help much for you guys that dont have access to a junk yard or good at fabrication but just thought id show and tell for those who care

 

Well done!