landy_andy Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Decided to see if we can squeeze a Rock-Jock Anti-Rock sway bar into the back of my D100, with the flexy suspension it can’t not help with on-road manners. After a few emails back & forth with a tech at Rock-Jock the only option is the 36” long torsion bar, the shorter 32” bar won’t fit as the frame is 31” outside and the mounting tube is 30” long… and a 34” is not made 🙁 So, rather than use the 30” DOM tube they sell decided to make some end mounts that’ll bolt in place of the old shock top mounting brackets. This’ll allow the arms to be ~14” long before hitting the rear spring mounts. Will need to trim out the old tub support mounts but there redundant now anyway. Looking at one of the Jeep brackets, it has a counter bore for the bushing and a quick check shows 1.5” Sch.80 pipe will work for the short mounting tubes. Next to draw up some mounting brackets. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy_andy Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 Made a start on the mounting brackets, a bit of CAD with a box of sausage rolls 🤣 Torsion bar bushings on route… just waiting for FedEx to arrive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 That’s a really neat way of mounting it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy_andy Posted December 25, 2022 Author Share Posted December 25, 2022 5 hours ago, landroversforever said: That’s a really neat way of mounting it! Well, sort of the only way for me now. Have seen them being mounted through & in front of the central cross member but that’s all over laid with 1/4” plate for the cage mounts, in front has too much cage in the way. Now looking for some clamp on mounts that’ll fit on the 2” dia. lower trailing arms, I switched out the axle end joints to a rubber bushing type that’ll resist the twisting the sway bar will try to introduce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy_andy Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 Mounting bracket drawn up, just waiting for the bushings to dimension out the sch.80 pipe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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