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need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:52 pm
by jonossiksilvia
hi guys im needing some help as i failed cert - to much body roll

so can someone please put up some pictures of there front sway bar on there 78 series prado, where it mounts to chassis, a parallel shot looking down chassis so can see both the chassis and axle mounts for sway bar

or even better there sway bar on a 130 surf with a prado solid axle

cheers john

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:14 pm
by tomsoffroad
Sorry I dont have any pix but........ What you need is a 78 Prado swaybar. The prados have bolt on chassis mounts bolted onto the inside of the chassis. You need these too. Simply weld the Prado bolt on mounts to the Surf chassis once you have the swaybar bolted to the diff. Really easy if you've got the parts. The links are easily available in a multitude of lengths.
If you cant get your hands on the chassis mounts then you should be able to fab some up easy as :wink:

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:22 pm
by kbushnz

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:44 pm
by jonossiksilvia



cheers was just looking at that also.

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:45 pm
by jonossiksilvia
tomsoffroad wrote:Sorry I dont have any pix but........ What you need is a 78 Prado swaybar. The prados have bolt on chassis mounts bolted onto the inside of the chassis. You need these too. Simply weld the Prado bolt on mounts to the Surf chassis once you have the swaybar bolted to the diff. Really easy if you've got the parts. The links are easily available in a multitude of lengths.
If you cant get your hands on the chassis mounts then you should be able to fab some up easy as :wink:


cheers tom let the hunt begin

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:13 am
by wjw
years ago mine went to the scrap metal merchant. you should hit up the 4wd shops as they might have them in their scrap bins...

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:02 pm
by muddyhilux
this ain't in my surf yet but is my 78 series diff i picked up,you can see sway bar and the links used.i never got chassis mounts but will be making some up easy enough.hope its somewhat helpfull

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Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:27 pm
by jonossiksilvia
Thats perfect cheers

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:39 pm
by Jerry
The passenger side cap mount may be a smaller size to the drivers side

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:11 am
by SamLogan
let me see if i can find my old one. i had to get a custom one.

Sam

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:41 pm
by jonossiksilvia
jammysammy wrote:let me see if i can find my old one. i had to get a custom one.

Sam


that would be great cheers

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:01 pm
by Smurf
Chassis mounts for front swaybar
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I didn't get a chance to refit the swaybar for a photo but this is the bar. all mounts are standard D shaped bushes with metal D shaped brackets bolted over top

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Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:38 pm
by jonossiksilvia
perfect mate. thanks for posting that. now to find one

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:14 pm
by SamLogan
hey man sorry i left it at work and it looks like someone threw it away. i do have a different one that could work when looking at mine. pm me and we can have a look so see if you can make it work.

Sam

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:49 pm
by jonossiksilvia
pm sent

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:50 pm
by jonossiksilvia
Smurf wrote:Chassis mounts for front swaybar
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I didn't get a chance to refit the swaybar for a photo but this is the bar. all mounts are standard D shaped bushes with metal D shaped brackets bolted over top

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any chance ya wanna sell it to me :mrgreen:

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:32 pm
by Smurf
[quote="jonossiksilvia]any chance ya wanna sell it to me :mrgreen:[/quote]

Nah sorry, I want to refit it with disconnects. Sorry :wink:

Re: need pictures of 78 series prado front sway bar

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:29 am
by jonossiksilvia
Worth a shot, yeah gonna set mine up that way too