AS USUAL, what should be a simple and straightforward task turns out NOT.

I have a sway bar that is intended to be shackled to the leaf sprins in front of the axle saddles then mounted to the frame just forward of that with the bar more or less extending forward horizontally.

HOWEVER, if the swaybar shackle is mounted in front of the axle there is an interference fit with the subframe connectors I installed, and which cover the area where the bar pivots would normally bolt to the frame. The subframe connector has a round cross section, si I think fitting the pivots would be very problematic, and at any rate the pivots would then be down and exposed to al the injury and insult the road could offer.

If shackeld just to the rear of the axle saddle, there is plenty of room to mount it to the rear frame rail extensions. However, the bar would angle up about 15-20 dregrees, and I don't know if the forward roll of the differential housing under torque would push the shackles to the rear.

Any advice?

 

Whose sway bar is that? I would send it back. if you have your heart set on one find one that installs differently from another manufacturer.

 

Mounting it rearward as you describe, is this 15 to 20 degree angle up or down? If it is up, you could simply fabricate some short links to level it out for full torsional effect.