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1979 - 1983 AMC Spirits and 1978 - 1983 AMC Concords => Front Suspension/Steering/Front Brakes => Topic started by: Billman on June 21, 2012, 03:10:01 AM

Title: Swaybar mount
Post by: Billman on June 21, 2012, 03:10:01 AM

Ok so I'm getting ready to put some ones car back together and I bought a used mount and sway bar and got the bushings off the sway bar and found a nice egg shaped hole in the mount looks like some repair is needed for that one. Then I pulled the same off the wagon in need of repair (accident damage) and found the hole to be in good condition, but in setting the two mounts next to each other I noticed they don't look the same.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/Bill21_2010/swaybarmount.jpg)
 Does anyone have any idea why they're different? I'd like to know which one is the correct bend.
 The car is like 60 miles away so test fitting is not a realistic option

Title: Re: Swaybar mount
Post by: eaglefreek on June 21, 2012, 08:32:27 AM

Those look like strut rod brackets. Here's a pic from another thread. Hope this will help.
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/mach1mustang351/DSCI0062.jpg)

Title: Re: Swaybar mount
Post by: carnuck on June 25, 2012, 12:04:14 AM

One may have been bent in an accident

Title: Re: Swaybar mount
Post by: Billman on June 25, 2012, 01:10:48 AM

Thats exactly what I was getting at. I think the one with the proper shape hole will have to get built up and re used.

Title: Re: Swaybar mount
Post by: midtownboarder on June 25, 2012, 12:19:19 PM

if you can weld or know someone who does, you could repair the elongated hole on the straight bracket...

Title: Re: Swaybar mount
Post by: Billman on June 26, 2012, 08:28:26 AM

Managed to find enough time to do exactly that.
 It looks much safer now than it did. I'd post the pics but they're not
worth looking at/ bad cellphone camera.