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I found this mount to be another reason for the "Death Wobble" the PO just welded a chunk of scrap to the frame and drilled a hole for the shock. this mount bent and was locking around the swaybar. this was poor workmanship. the welds are horrable.

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Here is a closer view. you can see this weld is no longer holding the mount.

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Here is the issue when the wieght is on the wheels. this is bending the shock mount and locking around the swaybar. no good how ever you look at it.

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I unbolted the shock and then grabbed the mount and it came right off. here is the old mount.

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Here is the back side of the old mount.

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here is the frame where the mount tore off of. you can see the 2 holes in the frame i used these with the new mount. Funny thing is the new mount was inthe center box in the bronco.

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stablizer on swaybar.jpg | Hits: 484 | Size: 75.53 KB | Posted on: 11/1/06 | Link to this image


this was an issues the shock was pinned around the swaybar.

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These 2 holes were already in the frame. i just needed to open them up alittle.

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I found this in the center storage container.

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This is the stablizer the boot is old and beatup but the shock was new. as were the bushings. i decided to replace the bushings with poly and a new boot.

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new mount2.jpg | Hits: 524 | Size: 94.9 KB | Posted on: 11/1/06 | Link to this image


Here are all the parts for the new mount. new poly end links, new boot, mount, and bolts.

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I drilled the holes larger to fit bigger grade 8 bolts.

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this is the back side of the mount.

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here is the stablizer back installed with new poly end bushings. looks mush better.

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Here is the other end. i added new poly bushings here too and a new boot. i re aligned the mount on the center link. this works so much better now.

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Here is a shot from a few feet back. looks and works great.

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steering.jpg | Hits: 565 | Size: 106.26 KB | Posted on: 11/1/06 | Link to this image


here it is ll done. Much stronger and ready to goto work.

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here it is all done.


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