(I just didn't have a good pic of a truck layout to post. Here's a picture I took of a mid-'70s Ford van in a local salvage yard, that shows the relationship between the mounting bracket and the notch in the end of the radius arm, and is virtually identical to the truck setup. You'll see how it's extended with a notch for the swaybar mounting bracket: and here's a shot of a dentside-era radius arm set up for a swaybar (not all were). ![]() Notice how they're flush with the front of the I-beam: The first picture is of a standard bumpside-era radius arm. The alignment pin is built into the swaybar mounts. However, the swaybar installation does require special radius arms.did you save those too? They'll be slightly extended forward and are notched to properly locate the swaybar mounts. The factory front swaybar will work with your existing I-beams, so those aren't needed. ![]() Ford Thunderbird Ford Mustang Ford Pickup (32-47) Ford Pickup (48-present) Ford/Mercury Falcon/Comet. All sway bar kits include sway bar, end link kits, polyurethene bushings, and zinc chromate mounting hardware. You mentioned that you got your swaybars from a junkyard truck, and that you got the I-beams. Larger size sway bars give your vehicle better handling and cornering performance never possible with your original sway bar. Here's a link to the Addco page listing swaybars for Ford products, including trucks: They're going to attach in virtually the same way as the factory types, and will be much less of a headache to install, since it'll come with all the mounting hardware. However, an aftermarket setup is probably going to be the best route in this case. These trucks would be slightly more likely to have them, and since they still had the narrow framerail spacing, they'll basically bolt right up. If you're determined to use a junkyard unit, what I'd suggest is looking under the F250 4x4s and the F350s up through '77-1/2. Sure, the factory would put a rear swaybar on an F100 or F250 bumpside if special-ordered.but few people did so, and so they're going to be pretty hard to find in a junkyard.
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