Qs re Installing rear sway ball pins

[Fishcop]

Hi Guys

I will be installing a factory 15mm rear sway on my car. It's never had one before. I have the correct consoles to weld on and the ball pins to weld to the steel swing arms. I'm chasing some good photos of where/how the pins are installed.

I've read Ed Mayo's write up of the install on a SWB, but the later steel arms are different...

Any photos or advice would be great

[Alan.uk]

Hi John,

We have done loads in the past both SWB and LWB, I will see what pics I can find.

Thanks

Alan

[Fishcop]

Thanks Alan, very much appreciated!

[Fishcop]

Still keen on pics peeps

[edmayo]

I figured Alan would have posted some already, I'll take a couple pictures tomorrow that might help you. I just did this very job a couple months ago, of course I didn't take any pictures, wouldn't ever get anything done if I did that! Everything is the same as a SWB except how you weld the pin to the arm. You won't be able to do it exactly like it was done when the arm was being fabricated.

[Fishcop]

Hi Ed

That's exactly my thoughts, so I was keen to see how others have tackled the install when adding the ball pickups after the arm has been fabricated.

Thanks again

[Fishcop]

Anyone got a photo of LWB steel trailing arms with the ball sway bar pickups?

Cheers

[edmayo]

Sorry for the delay John, I finally remembered to take pictures today. I'm sure the ball pin was welded to both of the plates first, then the plates were welded to the arm. On a later install, since I wasn't about to cut off then reweld plates back to the arm, I found that I could install the ball pin far enough into both inner and outer plates so that the tip of the pin just reached the arm itself. I was able then to get the mig welder tip up in there far enough to get a short bead welding the tip of the ball pin to the arm. I don't have pictures of that, never thought any one would ask!! These are of a stock arm.

[Fishcop]

Thanks very much Ed

That certainly helps. I don't think mine have that second reinforcing plate behind... I have MIG and TIG, so hopefully I can squeeze one of them in there!

Cheers

[edmayo]

That's correct John, if it didn't have a sway bar that second reinforcing plate isn't there, that's why you have to weld the tip of the pin to the arm itself.