Months ago, we came to a point in the project where it appeared that we would have to modify the chassis to military height in order to provide enough room for the front axle to travel. Part of that plan included installing front and rear sway bars to help offset the increased body roll that we expected would happen with a higher center of gravity.
As it turned out, we did not have to modify the chassis, but we decided to install the sway bars anyway as a hedge against what we expect to be a faster (pause for laughter) land rover. The 109 already had the tendency to lean away from turns before we started all of this.
The pictures above show the test fit on the front sway bar. Note the newly galvanized parts! All that new zinc made the bushings not fit so easily so Gord'n and his assistant Erich created an adaptor to use with a large C clamp (called G clamps in England, apparently) so that they could slip the cotter pin in place once the clamp was cranked down.
Nut plates will be installed in the front frame horns when the new RHD front crossmember is installed.
There will be a separate posting on the rear sway bars.
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