1971 Sway bar bracket shape

[SMS68]

My 71 RR’s original sway bar brackets both appear to have bend in them…not a clean u shape. The replacements that came with my front end kit are a clean U shape.

Are my originals bent or were they supposed to be that way?

 

[T2R9]

Bent from hitting something.

 

[Charles Cook]

Parking curb.

 

[SMS68]

Crazy thing is they are both shaped identical and leaning forwards…not backwards, as you would expect if something was hit

 

[Charles Cook]

Tow truck hooked to the sway bar???????? Lol

 

[Bee1971]

Correct Reproduction

 

[moparsaver]

Tow truck hooked to the sway bar???????? Lol

Agreed. Remember that night back in 1974… Lol

 

[DeltaV]

My 71 RR’s original sway bar brackets both appear to have bend in them…not a clean u shape. The replacements that came with my front end kit are a clean U shape.

Are my originals bent or were they supposed to be that way?

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Are the new ones a thinner gauge?

 

[SMS68]

Ordered some correct ones. The ones supplied with my rebuild kit didn’t work at all. Bushings were too wide to even fit in the mounting channel and the brackets were too shallow.

 

[SMS68]

Are the new ones a thinner gauge?

Maybe slightly thinner, but they were also shorter so they won’t work. Ordered a correct repro set today. Should’ve gone that way in the first place

 

[ckessel]

Maybe the PO took out a slow moving pedestrian.