sway bar for ek with hr front end

[lunatic leprechaun]

with the hr front end fitted i would have to buy a hr front sway bar? correct??

[FB1960]

Nope you can use the standard EK one

[Devilrod]

Nope you can use the standard EK one

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[matches]

can you use a hr swaybar? are heavy duty swaybars built stiffer for hr's as they weigh more? just asking as i'm running a 186 so i've got more weight on the front wheels (well i think i do).
sorry for hijacking.
Luke

[lunatic leprechaun]

bloke from pedders finding out tomorrow for me,but wanted to check the wealth of knowledge on here first. puttin heavy duty sway bars front and back on the ek wagon

[Sammy]

i think the bar i used to have in mine was a 24mm K-MAC bar .... not that the brand matters .... i have seen two different ones, at the front of the engine one goes forwards to clear the balancer, and the other one goes down .....

i think the one that goes down actually hits on the hr front end outrigger .... I THINK!....

its been a long time!

[reddo]

Yo
I fitted a Heavy duty sway bar to my FB ute last night along with 2"lowered Lovell springs and Monroe gas shocks.
I removed the bar from a HR ute.
It fitted straight into the EK front end.

The bad has a bump in it facing forward.
Was thinking even if ya had a HR front end in your FB /EK you are using the FB/EK outrigger anyway..
So the HR sway bar will fit no matter what crossmember you have under there.
Only mod i had to carry out was to bend the corner of the lower mudgaurd support angle where it bolts on just near the bend in the sway bar ( rear hole on the front bumper bar bracket."

You will have to get new sway bar rubbers with bigger holes in them for the 2 pivot clamps . The heavy bar are a lot thicker than the original 25mm compared to about 20 on the old one.

The old van sits a lot better and handles a lot better now.
Ride hieght didnt drop all that much either so still have the 2/3rds of the original suspension travel if the wankers want to bring in thier new hoon car laws in the future

Reddo

[FB MAD]

Yep, the HR sway bars will fit and yep that "bump" in the centre can be a problem with lowered cars.Standard or slightly lowered cars would be OK but I had to shorten my wishbone-to-sway-bar links by 1.5 inch to stop the "bump" from rubbing and rattling on the front outrigger as mine is 3 inch lowered.

You should be able to obtain larger diameter pivot bushes in polyurethane from any good suspension place.

[FATBOY]

Because my ute is very low at the front 4.5 inches i had to buy a eh swaybar fitted up perfect
regards fatboy

[FB MAD]

Never owned an EH, are they a straight bar between the pivot point or do they have the "bump" as the HR bars do??

[DOLLER]

Can someone post a pic of a sway bar mount/set up as my HR front end has no mounts at the moment?? Much appreciated.

[ben]

From memory the mount from bar to control arm came from rare spares

[DOLLER]

Sweet thanks Ben. Do I need stabiliser bar ends to suit lowered FB-EK? Or are they standard lengths??

[ben]

I think its one kit fits all (rare spares). But Im sure a good suspension shop would have universal kits of various lengths.

[Squirralien]

I realise this is an old subject but just incase anyone is still watching it,,,
I have the HR front end and tried the HR sway bar and it needs me to cut a half tube in to the outrigger to fit it on ? thought about it and don't want to do that yet,, I then tried an FB/EK sway bar and it was maybe 20 mm shorter than the HR one so this wouldn't fit either, Im confused,,,
I will look in to the EH sway bar but not sure where ill find one to try,,,
the FB/EK sway bar pulled the risers to the front towards the centre at maybe 45 deg between front and centre and pulled them forward to an angle equivalent to about 1 O'Clock, just using the lame language trying to get it understood,, haha, maybe I need to take photos of both on there and start a new thread, Ill try that if nothing comes from this thread,,,
thanks