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alright, finally got these suckers done. i started with the mod tam has a writeup on here about home made cheap quick discos. from there i extended my stock sway bars 2 inches by adding the non threaded part of a 1/2 inch half threaded bolt. I decided i didnt want to have the longer links hanging down. So i needed a way to disconnect the top. Well i have seen the ones you can buy for $100+ so i decided to make my own. Since i have my rear swaybar removed i took the little eye things that the bolt goes through to mount and cut them off. Then i cut the top part(just under the bolt) of my front swaybars, and welded the eye on. So now i have a swaybar with an eye on each end. to connect it i needed something like this...
That was my prototype i made. i asked the good ole fabricator Chris what size he'd reccemend to make these. told me 3/16ths. Got my metal together and started putting them together based off my model. finally got an agle grinder with a cut off wheel and it was soo easy to cut. after that was squared away, i cut 2 pieces of 3/16 x 1 1/2" flat stock into 2 inch sections for the side and one piece at 1 1/2" for thje top. drilled a 7/16 hole in each of the 2" pieces(towards the bottom) and also in the 1 1/2" piece right in the middle. Welded them into a U shape, then took th bolt i cut off the stock sway bar and put it in the 7/16 hole of the 1 1/2" piece and welded that sucker in. and basically had what is shown above, with thicker metal and no bolt head. then these pieces and attached them to the sway bar with a 7/16 cotter pin and key(im pretty sure that is what they are called) and also put a 7/16 cotter pin and key in the bottom. so now they disconnect with the cotter pin(like a hitch pin) on both ends...looks like this
That was my prototype i made. i asked the good ole fabricator Chris what size he'd reccemend to make these. told me 3/16ths. Got my metal together and started putting them together based off my model. finally got an agle grinder with a cut off wheel and it was soo easy to cut. after that was squared away, i cut 2 pieces of 3/16 x 1 1/2" flat stock into 2 inch sections for the side and one piece at 1 1/2" for thje top. drilled a 7/16 hole in each of the 2" pieces(towards the bottom) and also in the 1 1/2" piece right in the middle. Welded them into a U shape, then took th bolt i cut off the stock sway bar and put it in the 7/16 hole of the 1 1/2" piece and welded that sucker in. and basically had what is shown above, with thicker metal and no bolt head. then these pieces and attached them to the sway bar with a 7/16 cotter pin and key(im pretty sure that is what they are called) and also put a 7/16 cotter pin and key in the bottom. so now they disconnect with the cotter pin(like a hitch pin) on both ends...looks like this
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