I bought a Ford 9" "A" body style rear end for my 72, boxed my stock lower controll arms, purchased a GM rear sway bar. When I went to install the sway bar, it slightly hits the bottom on the rear end housing. :( Any suggestions? Anyone run into this situation with their project? Is heating and slightly bending the sway bar a possibility? How much clearance between the two should their be? Man I hope their is a solution to this without a major modification. Thanks ahead of time for your ideas and/or suggestions.

Well, I guess nobody puts Ford parts on their GM muscle car! :) There must be someone who has experienced this, or at least heard of another traitor who has done the same thing. :confused:

maybe make some adapter plates that move the mounting points down below the control arms instead of into the side.
or sell that sway bar and get one out of a Camaro that bolts to the axle tubes and has the end links go up to the frame, like those "new" sway bars that are available. hell, maybe get a similar sized sway bar off a mid size Ford that has a 9" rear in it and make it work.

I had the same issue and finally bought a spohn bar for the rear. It touches the jack pad on the rear but if you don't have a jack pad on it it should be ok.

Had the same problem when i installed the 9" in my 70 and found a minute in the hydraulic press was all it needed to make it fit.:yes:

I have a 9" as well, i use the SSM bars as lowers and the Hotchkis sway bar fits fine. The SSM bars lower the rear pivot though...


JT