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Last night I posted this question in a similar, yet much older, thread with a different name that I now realize doesn't match my question.
I went to change out the front stabilizer bar bushings on my '72 small block last night. I measured and purchased the correct size bushing (1 and 1/8 inch) from Corvette Central but the brackets appeared to be about 3/4" away from the frame and the stock bolts are not long enough. After reading another thread on this site, I learned that I may have to temporarily use longer bolts until the bushings compress a little more.
My question is, do I have the right bracket to mount the bushings? My bracket, seen in the photo below, doesn't have a lip to keep the bushing from mushrooming out the sides. This is what happened to my old bushings. Am I supposed to have this bracket if I plan on sticking with rubber bushings?
Hi L,
It appears to me that you have the sway-bar mounting bracket from an aftermarket sway-bar and bushing.
Here's the typical sway-bar, bushing, and bracket for 70-72 sb cars with the standard sway-bar.
Regards,
Alan
Hi L,
I believe you'll find the original front sway-bar for 72 sb cars was 3/4" while the sway-bar for bb cars, and cars with F41 suspension, was 15/16".
Sway-bar in your picture looks considerably greater in diameter than the original in mine..
Regards,
Alan
Chassis looks like that because I don't drive it!?!
Very strange to MOST everyone.
I picked up the correct brackets and everything went together much smoother. There is still a quarter inch gap between the bracket and the frame, but I'm hoping that time will compress it and I can tighten it the rest of the way. Thanks.
Correct bracket for stabilizer bar bushings?
