Sway bar bolt hitting frame (help!)

[Wrangler_Scott]

Originally Posted by Black thunder

Shit just had a look at mine and guess what its hitting as well on the left side, I have arb relocation bracket from DBOR is yours the same

Yep, the ARB bracket. Does yours make noise when going over bumps? If its hitting when driving around town i'm worried about what will happen if i take it off-road... I was suppose to be going to Stockton this weekend.

[Green Goblin]

Originally Posted by Wrangler_Scott

Yep, the ARB bracket. Does yours make noise when going over bumps? If its hitting when driving around town i'm worried about what will happen if i take it off-road... I was suppose to be going to Stockton this weekend.

It does knock off road and noticed it has scapped the bracket abit, never noticed till now

[SeaComms]

Looking at the location of the bolt and just went out the front to compare to mine (without the drop bracket).

It would seem the bracket is angled a lot more than I thought it was as yours has moved the swaybar a fair way back, causing the bolt to hit. Mine would be hitting as well as I moved the bar back that far too.

The bracket is angled, to match the angle of the chassis at that point to drop the bar straight down. It would seem the angle of the bracket mounting face is double the angle of the chassis.

First option I can see would be to trim the bolt?

[Wrangler_Scott]

Originally Posted by SeaComms

Looking at the location of the bolt and just went out the front to compare to mine (without the drop bracket).

It would seem the bracket is angled a lot more than I thought it was as yours has moved the swaybar a fair way back, causing the bolt to hit. Mine would be hitting as well as I moved the bar back that far too.

The bracket is angled, to match the angle of the chassis at that point to drop the bar straight down. It would seem the angle of the bracket mounting face is double the angle of the chassis.

First option I can see would be to trim the bolt?

I could cut the bolt but it seems odd that nobody has run into this problem before so i'm thinking the installer is the weak link (me). I could have installed the sway bar drop brackets backwards...? I couldn't really find any installation instructions for the brackets.

[SeaComms]

I thought about that (backwards) but that would have moved the swaybar forward and it would have hit the shocks.

I think it may be more a LHD/RHD oddity. The only difference is yours are left to right opposite of the picture on Quadratec, but the angle is still the same.

[Wrangler_Scott]

Originally Posted by SeaComms

I thought about that (backwards) but that would have moved the swaybar forward and it would have hit the shocks.

I think it may be more a LHD/RHD oddity. The only difference is yours are left to right opposite of the picture on Quadratec, but the angle is still the same.

hmmm, i put them on that way so i didn't have to be under the car to do up the bolts, i was sick of being on my back. I can't really see how swapping them over would work but i'm getting desperate at this stage so i might have to give it shot.
I'll send the pics to Bill at DBOR and see what his thoughts are.

[SeaComms]

I cant see swapping it will make any difference to be honest, I think they move the bar that far back to make sure it clears the shocks with the distance they have to drop it to go past the exhaust, which means the bolt now hits our track bar bracket. Prob not a problem in the LHD model.