sway bar

[katyjevoich76]

72 4x4 dana 60 front drive stock steering the truck had no sway bar and was great off road but from the front to back pressure from the steering the leaf spring aligning pin sheared off because of this i was told to install a sway bar which i did, out of a 78 one ton truck.i attached the front of the sway bar to the front cross member directly below the h-balancer. Will the slight upward angle be ok? I can already see a substancial improvement in handling on the street but the front suspension is much stiffer which tells me off road will not be as good as it was.Any info will be appreciated.I am planning cross over in the future but i need to make my setup work for now so i can fix some other more important things first

[LONGHAIR]

Although I am not at all against a sway bar, someone is full of it if they think that the steering is what broke center pin, or that a sway bar could possibly "fix" this supposed problem. The sway bar has nothing to with "locating" the axle housing in any way.

The sway bar from a one ton truck may have caused the stiffness you discribe on the street. It would depend somewhat upon how stiff your springs were to begin with. There are companies that make "quick disconnect" ends for off-road use, if you feel that the sway bar is limiting your suspension travel that much.

The angle of the arms is not a huge deal, and is at least in part dependant upon suspension travel. If it is too much, you could use shorter end links to level it out some.