Blacktop Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 wait a minute.....I have a bronco parts truck....maybe I have a set. Do any companies make aftermarket sway bars for bullnose trucks? Would love to fit front and rear swaybars to mine but being in the UK, our scrapyards over here arent exactly full of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Cecil Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Do any companies make aftermarket sway bars for bullnose trucks? Would love to fit front and rear swaybars to mine but being in the UK, our scrapyards over here arent exactly full of them! I am not sure. Google would tell you pretty quick. I did discover a full set of swaybars sitting in my driveway under the bronco today. Woohoo! SCORE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve83 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (The bracket that sits under the coil spring lower mount, on top of the radius arm). Do you know if this bracket was the same from 1980-up? Was the same one used on 2wd and 4x4 trucks?The spring spacers on my Bronco axles are cast with "4x4" in them, so that tells me the 2WD trucks use different ones. IIRC, it's on the surface with the plastic/rubber spring pad....rear swaybar that is supposed to be for an F150 with an 8.8 rear end....if it fits an 81 front & rear with 9"AFAIK, the bar is the same for 9" & 8.8". Later 8.8s got slightly-different tube brackets to fit the slightly-different center castings, but they're easy to modify either way. I'm using old (I can't remember what I took them from) rear brackets on the '04 E150 8.8" under the Bronco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 I'm looking for a front sway bar for my 1980 f150 4x4 ... have you installed the front sway bar ? Did it fit?? gtanns, I bought front and rear swaybars, but so far have only installed the rear. The front is all powder coated and ready to go, I just haven't put it in there yet. As far as I know, for the 1/2 ton trucks, the bars were all the same...it's just the mounting points/brackets that changed. The good news is that you can swap in a swaybar from a 1996 F150 4x4. The mounting pads that sit under the coil springs have changed a few times over the years, but I think they can all be modified to fit easily enough. For example, at some point either in the late 1980's or early 1990's, Ford starting casting the mounting pads with a little nub on the bottom that fit into a little slot in the front end of the radius arms. I assume this was done to "clock" the mounting pad correctly during assembly (anybody?). Same thing with where the bars mounted to the chassis. Some mount to the front crossmember below the rad, and some mounted to the left and right frame rails. Same thing with the rears...the bars were the same, but the ends links were different lengths between 2wd and 4x4, and the axle mounting brackets were different between 9" and 8.8". In any case, it's a pretty straight forward swap. I've read enough threads where guys went to the junkyard and took front and rear bars and brackets from a 1993 and installed directly on their 1983 without issue, it's a swap you don't have to worry much about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 The spring spacers on my Bronco axles are cast with "4x4" in them, so that tells me the 2WD trucks use different ones. They are indeed different. The 4x4 spacers are a little thinner...at least some of them are, and the bolt hole in the 4x4 spacers is smaller. I have a 4x4 set I believe from a 1991 that I'm going to use on my 1984 2wd. I'll have to drill the main hole out in a center, but other than that they will work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Do any companies make aftermarket sway bars for bullnose trucks? Would love to fit front and rear swaybars to mine but being in the UK, our scrapyards over here arent exactly full of them! https://www.amazon.com/Addco-768-Sway-Bar-Kit/dp/B000CF9FBI https://www.summitracing.com/parts/aco-k1-341-0u/overview/make/ford/model/f-150/submodel/xlt https://www.amazon.com/Hellwig-7490-Rear-Sway-Bar/dp/B004J3AH8E/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=78202818298942&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=hellwig+sway+bars&qid=1562009688&s=automotive&sr=1-1&vehicle=1984-54-666------------2&vehicleName=1984+Ford+F-150 https://www.amazon.com/Hellwig-7489-Front-Sway-Bar/dp/B004J38OOI/ref=sr_1_2?hvadid=78202818298942&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=hellwig+sway+bars&qid=1562009714&s=automotive&sr=1-2&vehicle=1984-54-666------------2&vehicleName=1984+Ford+F-150 Check the application closely, as I was in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLESTER Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Gary, the stamped bracket is what fits Darth, the 1990 Parts truck had what looked like cast ones that if I remember correctly included the spring seat. In your parts list, 1987 up, it is 5A307 which I suspect is the spring seat and is integral with it. I need the cross member that the sway bars mount to. Do you have a part numbed for this or know were i can get one. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 I need the cross member that the sway bars mount to. Do you have a part numbed for this or know were i can get one. Thanks Welcome to the Bullnose Forum! Glad you joined. But you probably missed the email I sent you asking that you go to the New Members Start Here folder, read the guidelines, and then post an introduction there. It is important you have a chance to read the guidelines as we hold everyone to them. So please go through that process and then we can discuss the sway bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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