I
drove around for a few days with the sway bar off, and although it was
not that bad for trips other than just locally I wanted to put the sway
bar back on. The Tuff Country kit came with the same style
brackets as other kits but I wanted something stronger. I
again talked to Eric Houser at Donal Machine about a set of sway bar brackets
that he had made for the Pro-Comp 4 inch lift. Eric made 2
sets of these, but they proved to be too expensive.
Here
you can see the new bracket as compared to the lift kit bracket.
Obviously,
these are a little stronger than the C style extension.
Instead
of using the factory clamps again, the old bushing is used with the new
clamp.
Here
is is ready to bolt onto the truck.
The
factory sway bar holes need to be enlarged very slightly so the new studs
will fit.
The
factory holes are also slightly offset. The new brackets account
for this.
There
is a left and right bracket. The drivers side bracket has
the corner reduced to give some extra clearance to the steering shaft.
There is plenty of room for everyting.
Here
the sway bar is on the truck.
The
only thing left to do was to bolt the ends up!
4-10-04