Sway bars and shock protectors

[Petertje60]

I am looking for a way to mount sway bars and keep the shock/arm protectors. It seems I have to get rid of the protectors to be able to mount the sway bars. Anyone with experience with mounting them both?

[RC-Fan]

I just that mod on a LHS, they replace the screw on the sway for a longer one that attach both parts to the arm with the same screw.

[Petertje60]

I took the hollow balls out of rods I had laying around and put those in place for the pillow balls. They have the same length as the plastic busses. Problem solved

[Tmaxxos21]

Or you could just move the protector towards the wheels and move the screw with the plastic boss next to it, that's what I just did.

[Petertje60]

Or you could just move the protector towards the wheels and move the screw with the plastic boss next to it, that's what I just did.

Not sure if I understand what you mean. I assume you have the shocks in the hole closest to the wheels then. Right?

[Tmaxxos21]

I have the sway bar link in the closest hole on the arm, the shock in the stock position mine came with, and the other screw with the plastic spacer one hole away from the shock towards the wheel, this means you have to move the guard in that direction. I do like your idea better though since I do have some old shocks laying around with the ball inserts...

[Petertje60]

Got it. I just wanted the guards in the same position.

[Tmaxxos21]

Got it. I just wanted the guards in the same position.

I agree with you there, it looks "normal" to have them there. I might swap out the ball screw and put a long one in there like you did, one less part to worry about

[johnh2005]

Thanks for this. Was just putting sway bars on my Stampede and was confounded.

[Petertje60]

Thanks for this. Was just putting sway bars on my Stampede and was confounded.

Cool. I was like when I saw this thread active again. Good thing you used the search function instead of starting a new thread.

[johnh2005]

Cool. I was like when I saw this thread active again. Good thing you used the search function instead of starting a new thread.

Yeah, I usually try to. Though sometimes my questions are very specific. I try to encourage other people asking questions to use the search function. Just would not be right if I did not do it my self (at least sometimes). A LOT of useful information buried here...

[Petertje60]

Agreed. There is tons of information. I remember doing quite some searching before I started this thread.
Nice to leave a message that the info was useful in this case