I'm in the process of installing a Jamco front disc brake kit on my '56 Merc Monterey Wagon. P***enger side was a snap. Not so much with the driver side install. The sway bar is bent and will not allow enough clearance for attachment and running clearance of the brake line. I need to move the end of the sway bar in about 3/8 of an inch. I'm thinking that using heat is not acceptable. Not sure that clamping the bar and bending with a cheater is the right way either. I don't want to go too far and then have to come back. Apparently Kanter Auto Products offered a 1'' sway bar for this car at one time. Their web site says it is no longer available . Any suggestions ?
Might not be open still but try this place for a sway bar. The website is still up. also there is phone number. http://quickorgarage.com/swaybar.htm I got a sway bar set from them many years ago. It was great.
I worked at ford where they made sway bars If they didn’t fit the jig,they used a press in the center of the bar to tweak it to fit. The men were called repair men and I was amazed at what they could do They never bent at the end always the center, and they never used heat,always cold bending
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