fabbed up some front sway bar mounts.(PIC'S)

[BobbyK]

I spent the last few days fabbing up some front sway bar mounts for my 71 Blazer.

As some know our 4x4 Blazers and 4x4 trucks did not come with a front sway bar.

A front sway bar from a late 70's-80's Blazer can be used.Just find the doner truck and take the bar,mounting bushings and the spring plates(they are a direct bolt on.)
Here's the spring plates


After making some templates out of cardboard I started fabbing up the mounts.

I used 2x4 box tube .120 wall thickness.I also used 1/4" flat stock in places as well.


After the initial cuts I marked where the sway bar would bolt to the mount.
I then welded in two nuts on the inside of the boxed tube.


After a little more cuttiing and rough fitting of the pieces,I tack welded the pieces together and made a final test fit.



Once I was satisfied with the fit I welded up all the seams and ground my welds smooth.




I repeated the process for the other mount.

After these pic's were taken I ended up welding nuts to the mounts and painted the mounts black.

Here's how it all turned out.
In these pic's I didn't have the mounts permanently fastened yet.But they ARE in their final position.










Here's the beefy sway bar.






ALL the pic's I took while making these mounts can be seen HERE

I'll give Steve Chin credit as I based my mounts on his basic design.I just modified the design slightly and beefed them up a little.

I welcome any comments,questions or critiques.