I have a front sway bar off a 1980 turbo TA it is bigger than my stock one on my 71 Skylark will this fit my car? also I can have the disc brakes off the TA as well just wonder will they fit or is it worth it? I have power drums on my Skylark
Yes, I did this back in the 1980’s to my sons ‘71 GS. It all fits with a little bit of work. You will need to utilize the Turbo TA front spindle that is also taller and will improve the handling of the car. It will require a special size ball joint to adapt the TA spindle to the Buick control arms. They make a handling kit that does all this today if you have the finances for it. I also utilized the rear disc brakes off of the Turbo TA that I got all of my parts from. Marv.
It's recommended to use aftermarket shorter upper a-arms to use the tall f-body spindles, otherwise it'll take a lot of shimming to get the camber right.
You are correct about the required shorter upper a-arms. In place of utilizing a lot of shims, I removed a "pie shaped" amount of material and re-welded my upper a-arms to obtain the correct angle. Marv.
I had to use replacement polyurethane bushings and brackets. Also use A/N washers under socket head cap screws (Allen bolts) because of clearance issues with the brackets and the original mounting holes in the frame. Pre-soak the bolts with a gooid solvent(I use Pb'laster.)
Moog makes a offset shaft to eliminate the use of a lot of shims I used them on my 65 when I put 74 Grand Prix disc brakes on it with stock 65 A-arms. Chris