Fabbed Sway bar relocation question

Stick · Jul 27, 2004

I'm sure someone has made some swaybar relocation brackets but I cant find anything in the search. Anyone have any tips/pics?

I looked at a pic from RE's site but the way mine mounts, I havent figured out how thiers would work from the illustration.

:helpme:

FELIX · Jul 27, 2004

I relocated the both of mine to the trash dumpster :laugh: Why are you looking to relocate them? Just currious.

Yucca-Man · Jul 27, 2004

Unless your swaybar is different than the rest of ours, they bolt into the swaybar mounts and drop it down and forward. I haven't measured it, but it looked like a 2x4" square tube.

Stick · Jul 27, 2004

The RE ones kinda looked like trussed I-beam, is the reason I couldnt see how it would work. I'm sure my mounts are the same as everybody elses.

Mine is a DD and the wife drives it to work sometimes when I need the WJ. So I really need to keep the front SB.

Yucca-Man · Jul 27, 2004

I don't remember seeing the center brace in the pair I looked at, but most of their stress is vertical, and not in shear so you don't really have as much sideloading to be concerned about.

FELIX · Jul 27, 2004

I guess what I was wondering, is why relocators, instead of disco's? :dunno: Just curious, never heard of someone relocating them, I was thinking maybe your steering changed

Rebeldawg · Jul 27, 2004

The brackets are cheaper than discos so thats the way some like to go, like yucca-man said just take some square tubing and drill holes to mount to the frame and then on the bottom for the sway bar.

Yucca-Man · Jul 28, 2004

The swaybar drops don't preclude the need for disconnects, they only make the geometry work correctly without needing a mile-long swaybar endlink.

Stick · Jul 28, 2004

FELIX said:
I guess what I was wondering, is why relocators, instead of disco's? :dunno: Just curious, never heard of someone relocating them, I was thinking maybe your steering changed

I have discos, but the diameter the spring is slightly bigger and the axle sets forward a little more than it did. The disco pin was hitting the coil.

OK, it looks to me like it is a peice of C-channel that has a truss in it for support. I can see how that would work. I guess I'll make some tomorrow.

Thanks for all the input !!

Fabbed Sway bar relocation question

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