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.
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71 blazer,350SBC,approx.375HP,700R4,factory GM TPI.Dual electric fans,33x12.5x15 ATR on stock suspension.
Petrolia,Ontario,Canada but working in Port Huron,MI.
See ALL my Blazer pic's
HERE