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Rembrant

Looking for: Front Swaybar Brackets

Gentlemen,

I am looking for a set of these front swaybar brackets in case you have any collecting dust or in a junk pile somewhere. They are unobtainable up here in the land of rust.

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Rembrant

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BTT TGIF

Gary Lewis

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Rembrant wrote

BTT

By the way, there's a salvage near me that is closing its doors and I've been planning to go spend the day soon. I'll put those brackets on the "take" list if I find them.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

By the way, there's a salvage near me that is closing its doors and I've been planning to go spend the day soon. I'll put those brackets on the "take" list if I find them.

Thanks Gary,

I think the reason they are so hard to come by in the used market is that it's quite a bit of work to remove them.

Depending on how must rust there is and where the truck is sitting, getting the long mounting bolt out of the I-beam and coil spring, etc can be an UN-fun job.

FuzzFace2

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How hard would it be to make them?
Being I have never seen them in person and that picture out of the parts book is hard to tell what it should look like.

I do here you on trying to remove them because of the long bolt going thru the beam and it not wanting to come out.
Dave ----

Dave G.
81 F100 flare side 300 six / AA OD / NP435 / 2.75 gear
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=1
81 F100 style side 300 six/SROD parts truck -RIP
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1981-Ford-F100

Gary Lewis

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Here are a couple of pics of the brackets that go under the springs, if that's the one you are asking about, Dave:

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Ray Cecil

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That bronco has sway bars. Im planning to use them. However, the rear end sway bar bracket off the bronco isnt setup for a 9". The axle in the bronco is something else.

If anyone has rear sway bar brackets for a 9", id be interested.

1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed

Gary Lewis

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That should be an 8.8 axle. And I think the sway bar is different.

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FuzzFace2

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Gary Lewis wrote

Here are a couple of pics of the brackets that go under the springs, if that's the one you are asking about, Dave:

Yes that is what I was looking for.
So if you took flat plate and welded a "ear" on maybe from channel for the link that may work.
It looks like the ear is off set some from the base so you would need the sway bar & links in place before welding the ear to make sure it was set right.

Now If I remember right there was something with the front bolt in cross member for the bar brackets also right?
Dave ----

Gary Lewis

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Yes, you might be able to do it out of channel. And yes, there's the other brackets as well. But that varies by whether the truck is 2wd or 4wd and if it has 2 or 4 shocks up front. It is all rather complex, but you can see the illustrations at: Documentation/Steering & Suspension/Sway Bars.

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Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

But that varies by whether the truck is 2wd or 4wd and if it has 2 or 4 shocks up front. It is all rather complex, but you can see the illustrations at: Documentation/Steering & Suspension/Sway Bars.

Hey Gary,

I finally got a set of the factory brackets that I was originally looking for back when I started this thread.

The front swaybar I have is from a 4x4 F150...year unknown, but I believe 1991. I've read several times previously that the swaybars were all the same, at least the 7/8" front bars. What changed was how they were mounted, apparently?

I was looking at the parts list, and it looks like the E9TZ-5482-C fit all 2wd F150 and all regular F150 4x4 trucks. It's a bit confusing as there was also the E0TZ-5482-A before it, that fit both light and HD 4x4 F150's...

Is it safe enough to assume from this parts list that the front bars were all the same on the half tons? Or, at least later on by the time the E9 bar came out they were all the same?

Gary Lewis

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Congrat's on getting the brackets.

But I'm not quite sure how to answer your question. There are obviously two different part numbers, E0TZ-A and E9TZ-C, both of which are said to fit both 2wd and 4wd trucks. But there had to be some differences or there wouldn't be two part numbers.

They must mount the same way, so I'd guess that the difference is in the diameter. And the fact that the E9 is said to not be for the snow plow option and the E0 is said to be for the snow plow as well as the F250's tells me the E9 is the lighter bar.

Does that answer the question?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

Does that answer the question?

Yes, pretty much Gary. I wonder though, what was the original Bullnose part number used before the E9TZ-C? That part number obviously replaced an earlier version.

And what was the difference with the HD or Snow Plow option? Heavier springs and/or Quad front shocks?

Ray Cecil

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I guess I am going to have to part out that 87 bronco. Ive had it listed for $400 for months. No one wants to show up.

I hate doing it, but I guess I will.

So anybody here who wants anything, just pay for shipping. I do not want to make any money off you guys.

I will keep the front sway bar and brackets, and the intermittent wiper switch but everything else is up for grabs.

I might have to dust off the ebay account and start selling again. I think my ebay account is nearing 20 years old. I started it really early, early 2000's.

Edit....oops, I thought I was in the Ford Lounge thread. Anyway, I will repost this in marketplace.

1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed

Gary Lewis

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Cory - If you really want to know I might be able to find it by climbing the Microfiche Tower and perusing the 1982 MPC. But that will have to wait until probably Saturday as I have a Horrid Fate awaiting me today and we have a funeral at church tomorrow for which we are helping.

If I forget, please remind me.

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Rembrant

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Gary, no sir...I don't need to know that badly at all. I was just curious. I already have the bar, and it will either fit or it won't. If it doesn't, I'll find another one, no big deal at all.