Added Sway Bar

[Ryanz]

My brother and I got my sway bar installed this weekend. Very happy with it. It’s certainly helped the darting and stability. Unfortunately it still has a bit of mind of its own. The only thing we haven’t tried is shimming the castor.

When I went to drive it again, for some reason my steering wheel was off center. Why would this be? We had to replace spring caps of course to accommodate. Drives fine, but do you think I need another alignment. It’s no big deal to straighten my wheel, just curious as to why it would be out of whack.
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[SeventyOne]

Caster will help.

where'd you get parts for the swaybar?

[Ryanz]

Originally Posted by SeventyOne

Caster will help.

where'd you get parts for the swaybar?

We made the brackets.
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[BobbyK]

Nice work!

[jjzepplin]

Those are nice brackets for sure!

[68ls1]

Originally Posted by Ryanz

My brother and I got my sway bar installed this weekend. Very happy with it. It’s certainly helped the darting and stability. Unfortunately it still has a bit of mind of its own. The only thing we haven’t tried is shimming the castor.

When I went to drive it again, for some reason my steering wheel was off center. Why would this be? We had to replace spring caps of course to accommodate. Drives fine, but do you think I need another alignment. It’s no big deal to straighten my wheel, just curious as to why it would be out of whack.

What swaybar kit did you use?

[hemi43]

Originally Posted by Ryanz

My brother and I got my sway bar installed this weekend. Very happy with it. It’s certainly helped the darting and stability. Unfortunately it still has a bit of mind of its own. The only thing we haven’t tried is shimming the castor.

When I went to drive it again, for some reason my steering wheel was off center. Why would this be? We had to replace spring caps of course to accommodate. Drives fine, but do you think I need another alignment. It’s no big deal to straighten my wheel, just curious as to why it would be out of whack.
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Adding a sway bar up front was one of the best mods I made also. Increasing caster should be your next step. The axle already has 3 degrees of caster, but I made some 3.5 degree tapered shims for a total of 6.5 degrees. Your wheel is probably off because now your front axle is solidly mounted, and not relying on the flimsy front springs to keep the axle aligned. Another bonus of the sway bar is safety. Without one, if a spring breaks, or if a spring bolt breaks the wheel will get driven backwards and you'll end up in the ditch. This is impossible with a sway bar. Set the toe-in to 3/16" and all will be perfect assuming the rest of your front end is in good working order.