joepaluch wrote:
The only difference is the mount to the late arms vs the early arms. Otherwise everything is the same.
So what you have are all the common parts. You just need the mounts to the arms you plan to use.
There are actually several other differences between the early and late sway bar mounting hardware. In addition, you are missing several important pieces that you need to mount the bar on a late car.
Joe is right that the link from the sway bar to the control arm is the same for both, except for the end piece that fastens it to the control arm, which is triangular shaped on the late bar and rectangular on the early (see photo). Also, on the late bar there are two round, puck-like bushings that drop into the round casting at the end of the control arm, one on top and one underneath, and the bolt from the end piece of the link goes through all of that to mount the link to the control arm. You are missing those bushings.
The second major difference is that there are two flat pieces used to mount the late bar to the frame on each side (see photo). The longer piece mounts to the frame with two long, sleeved bolts, and the shorter piece attaches to the long piece with two bolts that go through a shackle over the big rubber bushing on the sway bar (see photo). The shorter piece is over twice as thick as the one used on the early bar (in fact, Joe only has single piece on his) because of the difference in the length of the tie rods and control arms from early to late. You are missing that shorter bar. You also appear to be missing those long bolts and sleeves that attach the longer bar to the frame.
Jerry and I actually exchanged the entire set of mounting hardware and links, so it worked out very nicely for us. If you can't find the parts somewhere, none of these parts are complex and you can fab up just about everything you are missing as long as you get the geometry right. You really need to use someone else's hardware as a template to make sure you get it right, but you might be able to get it done with some accurate measurements. The end links can be made from square metal stock quite easily, just make sure to use metal as heavy as the stock link, because the first time we made one it only lasted three days before it cracked off right at the bolt connecting to the control arm. That was before Jerry came to the rescue with his complete set of late hardware.
I am not the best mechanic in the world, so I hope my description didn't do more harm that good. Best of luck with this. You sure don't want to be paying retail for this stuff!
