[DeTomaso] Rear sway bar frame mounts

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Sun May 3 01:37:15 EDT 2009


Turns out the set I purchased for the rear sway bar from a list member, 
were plastic.  No worries though, they are in great shape.  I cleaned 
them up with a shop rag, then greased the ball best I could, then the 
through-hole and assembled it all.  They look at feel nice.  I don't 
know about the clearance to the u-joints on the half shafts yet.  I'm 
waiting to put the ZF back in before I get the half-shafts in.  I'll let 
you know what I find, and maybe even take some photos.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/26/09 1:43:45 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
>
>   
>> By the way, I prefer the sphere balls that have aluminum brackets.  I 
>> have a set that is plastic.  They make more noise than my ex-wife.  Well... 
>> maybe not that much noise.
>>
>>     
> The plastic housings are likely Hall's originals from the early '90s. 
> Aluminum take-apart housings are what all the vendors now sell, and their 
> advantage is having replacement center balls for various sizes of bars, saving one 
> from having to do a precision bore job on the whole assembly if you change 
> bar size, or get an original bar plated. Hall's originals had allen head 
> mounting capscrews on aluminum top plates, and the screw heads often got VERY 
> close to the outside u-joints- sometimes touching. All the aluminum ones use 
> countersunk flathead allens (which can be retrofitted to the plastic assembly 
> top plates). This gives more running clearance. Both work wonderfully well 
> on both front & rear bars IMHO although occasional greasing/oiling of either 
> type prolongs their life. I love my old Halls- J Deryke
>
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