2011-2014 Mustang GT Swarr Bar Support Brace Install

If you drive a 2011-2014 Mustang GT and want better traction, faster 0-60 times and a stronger 8.8 rear end, the Swarr Bar Support Brace is for you. We installed the Swarr rear end support brace on our 2012 Mustang GT in about two hours and are very happy with this product. It did increase our traction resulting in faster 0-60 times, seemed to even help our 2012 Mustang GT with slightly better handling around corners. Of course the main thing about this support brace is to strengthen the factory ford 8.8 rear end, so the axle tubes will not twist nearly as easy under more horsepower and torque than what the car came with from the factory.

Before you start to install the Swarr Bar Support Brace here are the tools we needed to do the job.

Set of low profile car ramps.

9/16 wrench.

9/16 socket.

3/4 socket.

Ratchet.

Long Rachet/Breaker Bar.

Rubber Mallet.

Power Drill and Drill bit (Titanium).

Long round file (to file edges from drilled holes).

Vice Grips (pliers).

Goggles or face shield (wear when drilling to protect from metal shavings).

Silicon Spray.

Stiff Bristle Brush.

You first need to back your Mustang GT up onto a set of car ramps, just high enough to easily lay under the rear end area as you will need to drill 2 holes (one on each side) on drives shaft side of rear end housing. We started off by cleaning the 8.8 rear end of all loose material and dirt using a stiff bristle brush and then wiping all nice and clean especially where the Swarr Bar Support Brace clamps will be fastened too.

We then removed the 2 weights (one on each side of rear end) located on each inner end of rear end on the inside portion of lower control arm area. Each weight is about 2.5 lbs and is held in place with a single bolt, use a 3/4 inch socket to remove them. After you remove these bolts clean the bolt holes good as this is where each end of the Swarr Brace will attach to. You may have to bang the brace into place using a rubber mallet to line up the holes to put the bolts through. Then install those bolts but do not tighten. These bolts will now hold on the Swarr Bar Support Brace. To fit the bottom clam shells of the brace to the rear end axle tubes is a tight fit and you will most likely have to hit them into place using the rubber mallet so they are nice and snug against the axle tubes.

Next you will install the upper clam shells on the top side of the housing and bolt together with the bottom clam shells, leaving them loose for now. Now make sure the front bars are against the ears on the front pinion end of the rear housing, then drill your holes through the cast iron to mount the front section of the Swarr Bar Support Brace. You will need a 7/16 titanium drill bit to easily drill these two holes. After they are drilled clean up the edges with a long round file, put your bolts through and tighten just until the brace is touching the housing ears.

Now tighten all in this sequence. Start with the clam shell bolts, tighten evenly until the ears bend at least 1/8 inch, then tighten the two bolts nice and snug you drilled on the housing ears, then tighten nice and snug the two outer side bolts where the axle weights used to be. You have now completed the install of your Swarr Bar Support Brace for your 2011-2014 Mustang GT.

 

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