65 Dart Wagon Conversion to a Sedan Delivery
Although I have started the engine assembly i got sidetracked into doing my Hellwig early A sway bar install after commenting on @Mopar Tim thread on early A sway bar bushing. In that thread there were some concerns that Hellwig’s early A bar had morphed into the 67-72 bar.
So I pulled out my Hellwig 55914 1 & 1/4 in hollow sway bar. The Hellwig website says it’s specifically for the 63-66 Early A Bodies. Their website says the 5906 is for 67-72 A bodies. I bought this kit in 2013 and has been stored since then. The instructions for mine:
The mounting brackets use one of the factory sway bar mounting holes with the user drilling the other. So i mounted the basic brackets and found it was a close fit but did need some adjustment. I did the “Adjustment” with my torch and BFH to make the brackets mount where they were supposed to. The instructions said securely mount the brackets with the Grade 8 hardware and leave the sway bar U bracket loose until the car was on the ground. I installed both LCA in order to center the sway bar. I left everything a little loose until the bar was adjusted side to side, then torqued the main brackets to their specs. I might tack weld the brackets to the K Frame for good measure.
The Hellwig 55914 fits the early A kFrame and LCAs pretty decent. I am happy with the fit side to side to the LCA’s sway bar factory brackets I will be installing my QA1 strut rods but leaving them loose until the car is sitting on the ground
Although I have started the engine assembly i got sidetracked into doing my Hellwig early A sway bar install after commenting on @Mopar Tim thread on early A sway bar bushing. In that thread there were some concerns that Hellwig’s early A bar had morphed into the 67-72 bar.
So I pulled out my Hellwig 55914 1 & 1/4 in hollow sway bar. The Hellwig website says it’s specifically for the 63-66 Early A Bodies. Their website says the 5906 is for 67-72 A bodies. I bought this kit in 2013 and has been stored since then. The instructions for mine:
The mounting brackets use one of the factory sway bar mounting holes with the user drilling the other. So i mounted the basic brackets and found it was a close fit but did need some adjustment. I did the “Adjustment” with my torch and BFH to make the brackets mount where they were supposed to. The instructions said securely mount the brackets with the Grade 8 hardware and leave the sway bar U bracket loose until the car was on the ground. I installed both LCA in order to center the sway bar. I left everything a little loose until the bar was adjusted side to side, then torqued the main brackets to their specs. I might tack weld the brackets to the K Frame for good measure.
The Hellwig 55914 fits the early A kFrame and LCAs pretty decent. I am happy with the fit side to side to the LCA’s sway bar factory brackets I will be installing my QA1 strut rods but leaving them loose until the car is sitting on the ground