A MUD member contact me (I'll let him out himself so he can give more detail to his situation) about helping him solve an issue he keeps having on his 80 Series. He’s got a 4” lift and his type of wheeling sees a lot of rocks and with those rocks he sees a lot of interesting damage that he’d like to correct. One of them is the rear sway bar brackets. His keeps getting destroyed and would like a better solution.
After mulling it around for a bit a solution was created by making the swaybar brackets out of aluminum and making them BEEFY!! It makes the mount incredibly stout and won’t deform they bushings despite being bashed.
Of course the aluminum is malleable and the metal can gouge where it’s impacted. That’s ok. BTW it fits the front too but I don’t see a need for using upfront other than aesthetic symmetry.
After looking at my own truck I realized that I didn't need them because I don't do the same kind of wheeling that results in this type of damage. Then my son reminded me about an incident in Death Valley so I went thru and checked my receipts and sure enough, in 2009 I bought a new set of swaybar bushings and brackets because I bent up one of them so I replaced both.
I went ahead and made up a batch and had them anodized and are being etched now. They will be available next week with or with bushings.
With bushings: 80 Series Machined Sway Bar Bushing Cap Kit- Rear
Without bushings: 80 Series Machined Sway Bar Bushing Cap Set
This is the problem that was looking for a solution:
After mulling it around for a bit a solution was created by making the swaybar brackets out of aluminum and making them BEEFY!! It makes the mount incredibly stout and won’t deform they bushings despite being bashed.
Of course the aluminum is malleable and the metal can gouge where it’s impacted. That’s ok. BTW it fits the front too but I don’t see a need for using upfront other than aesthetic symmetry.
After looking at my own truck I realized that I didn't need them because I don't do the same kind of wheeling that results in this type of damage. Then my son reminded me about an incident in Death Valley so I went thru and checked my receipts and sure enough, in 2009 I bought a new set of swaybar bushings and brackets because I bent up one of them so I replaced both.
I went ahead and made up a batch and had them anodized and are being etched now. They will be available next week with or with bushings.
With bushings: 80 Series Machined Sway Bar Bushing Cap Kit- Rear
Without bushings: 80 Series Machined Sway Bar Bushing Cap Set
This is the problem that was looking for a solution:
