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Originally Posted by Rooster300SD
Yes, the hardware that attaches the sway bar to the subframe
is different on the two. Larger, with larger bolts and further apart on the 500.
Frank, so just bolt up the new sway bar using the old hardware?
That would be great.
Seemed like stretch was going to have to weld his two sway bars together.
Maybe because it was a 123?
Jeff
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The new bar can be installed in the existing mounts, providing that the bar fits snugly in the rubber bushings. The larger attaching parts in the donor car reflect the additional loads that are applied at that point. The bar in your existing configuration is loaded only in torsion. In the anti-squat geometry the bar is additionally loaded fore and aft; it is a suspension link. While you can bolt it all together, you may wish to consider some reinforcement in the area of the bar mounts, as the factory did.