Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by BigKev On 2010/2/21 3:21:05
Packard sold the sway bar brackets as assemblies only. Not just pieces.
My brackets were destroyed by someone who used them as a towing point, and every parts car I looked at had bent brackets. They are a very weak design.
So I made my own. Basically made a solid spacer out of aluminum block stock, and drilled the holes to match the factory locations in the frame. The just used modern flush mount sway-bar bushings and brackets from Energy Suspension. Then I used grade 8 bolts that went through the new bracket, the spacer, and through the original holes in the frame. Much sturdier that the OEM design. This is covered in my project blog.
In this picture you can see the original Packard inner bracket portion. The spacer matches the width and height of that bracket, but using a solid block. I painted the spacer black to match the frame when I mounted it, and it is not really noticeable under the car.
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My brackets were destroyed by someone who used them as a towing point, and every parts car I looked at had bent brackets. They are a very weak design.
So I made my own. Basically made a solid spacer out of aluminum block stock, and drilled the holes to match the factory locations in the frame. The just used modern flush mount sway-bar bushings and brackets from Energy Suspension. Then I used grade 8 bolts that went through the new bracket, the spacer, and through the original holes in the frame. Much sturdier that the OEM design. This is covered in my project blog.
In this picture you can see the original Packard inner bracket portion. The spacer matches the width and height of that bracket, but using a solid block. I painted the spacer black to match the frame when I mounted it, and it is not really noticeable under the car.
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