Ke70 - Xt130 Struts And Lca'S, But No Sway Bar Or Sway Bar Link Pi

[86Ali]

Car - KE70 Wagon

Problem - Just bought this, has XT130 Struts and LCA's, but no sway bar or sway bar link pins. Is this like this for a reason?

Did a search found alot of XT130 conversion post, but nothin that addressed my question.

My question is will a KE70/AE71 or AE86 Sway bar and link pins fit with XT130 Struts and LCA's?

Any one who has done XT130 Strut upgrade who knows the answer/solution to this please let me know.

I read in another forum that the KE70/AE71 wagon swaybar is bigger than the sedan...Is this correct?

*I'm Hoping that I can use a AE86 one so I can get the 24mm Adjustable Whiteline! But can someone please confirm this will actually work?

Thanks all,

Al.

[lildavo]

I have xt130 struts and lcas in my ke70 sedan using the standard ke70 swaybar. Works fine for me, don't know if there is a difference between ae86 and ke70 swaybars though.

[BlueKsev]

The lower control arm just has a hole about halfway along that the link pin goes into and bolts up to. You just need to get a swaybar and the link pins.

You can make the link pins yourself with two long high tensile bolts and a few nuts and washers and the bushes pretty easy too its what i have in the back of mine

[Paul]

From what I've observed...

 

KE70/AE71 seadans have 21mm swaybar, as do the wagons.

 

KE70/AE71 panelvans have 23mm swaybar

 

 

I recently put XT130 arms in my AE71 sedan, and an AE71 pano swaybar. I did notice that the holes in the LCA's for the link pins were further apart in the XT130 LCA's, so the link pins were a pain to install and would have looked like this / \

 

What i did to overcome it was heat the swaybar with an oxy (at the 90 degree bend where the D bushes go) to enable me to stretch the eye holes 10mm outwards each side. All on a workbench with stringline and tape measure in case you were visualising some bush mechanic shit.

 

 

Are you in Melb? I have my old swaybar from the sedan still if you want it.

[86Ali]

Thanks heaps for the info people!

I'm Actually in Brisbane, but thanks anyway.

I am thinking of using one of these.

http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_detail.php?part_number=BTF35Z

I found a page on toymods where a guy had successfully used a AE86 sway bar on a KE70, so the link pin position on the XT130 Strut is my biggest concern.

But, as you can see the link pin is an adjustable piece with 3 settings so I think I'll get away with it.