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Looking at sway bars. Addco looks like ****.. im not drilling my I-beams. I got factory hardware off a 1986? Ford Econoline van and took apart my Suspension and installed the brackets. Fits great. however the sway bar is too long and the spacing isnt right. has anyone fond anything from a different year or make that would work? Helliwig seems out too. none available for 2WD trucks.
I have a suggestion, Timbrens can accomplish the same end. When the vehicle begins to sway in either direction the Timbren absorbs and mutes the force in the same way that the sway bar does and for less $ and less man hours to install. Combined with a qu8ality variable rate coil spring you have a first rate front suspension https://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index...oducts_id=3197
You can always customize a bar by cutting a section out of a sway bar using 45 degree cuts, then slide a sleeve with fishmouth or 45 degree end cuts over it, weld the bar back together, slide the sleeve over the weld ,then weld the sleeve on the ends and a few rosette welds between the bar cut and the ends of the sleeve. It'll add some stiffness to the bar, don't know how much or if it'll even be noticeable. I read about that years ago when the pro touring style was just getting started and there weren't many options for big sway bars for some of the off brand cars.
would anyone have the measurements of a ford bar?
hole to hole and the length of the arms from pivot to holes? looking for hole to hole , b , a ,and c measurements
helliwig says no part for the 2wd units on the web site .. what was your part number?
called them.. discontinued
If they told you that they were discontinued, knowing the part numbers probably won't help any, but just in case:
The front was 7422; the rear was 7436.
I also confirm 7422 front and 7436 rear - Hellwig part numbers for my 1975 2WD - I purchased them thru Slummit Racing in September 2017 since they were the only outfit that had them in stock and onhand at the time...
The 7422 currently shows 5 in stock right NOW and the 7436 shows not in stock with an estimated late August date thru Slummit Racing ...
I purchased my Hellwig front and rear sway bars from Michigan Truck Spring for my 1970 F250 back in 2008 when I upgraded the suspension to haul my new 8 ft cabover camper on it thru 2016.....
My 75 F250 Camper Special did have the factory sway bars but they were cheesy to me (7/8 diameter) and replaced them with the Hellwig's as they are beefy (1 - 1/8 diameter) as I finally fixed the truck up in a four year span to be much more reliable and upgraded the suspension as well and made this truck as my designated camper rig since 2017.
Hope Hellwig will resume or reverse their discontinued status - good thing I kept the factory cheesy sway bars (I generally keep most everything anyways as one will never know when it could be needed again)
The only mod I had to endure on the front was drilling two holes thru each frame with the 1975 truck to mount the sway bar bushing brackets :
awesome your photos confirmed what i suspected. these arms dont used the factory mount points. why do aftermarket always feel the need to make it different? thicker stronger i get but why not make them work in factory locations.
I don't have any photos to show it at the moment, but my '79 F-150 2wd has a sway bar on the front that mounted to some brackets on the front of the radius arms. Seemed factory to me, or at least like it could have been. Is that what you're after? If so, I could grab some measurements off of it for you.
awesome your photos confirmed what i suspected. these arms dont used the factory mount points. why do aftermarket always feel the need to make it different? thicker stronger i get but why not make them work in factory locations.
There may be different reasons for different applications. It would O.K. with me if they used the factory mount points and just improve on whatever the manufacturer may have been deficient on. The Hellwig end brackets for the front bar are easier to attach to the I-beam than the Ford brackets. Perhaps that was the reason. ?????????
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why do aftermarket always feel the need to make it different? 
thicker stronger i get but why not make them work in factory locations.
