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Originally Posted by FETorino
Lenie
I can't remember for sure but thinking back to when I had a firebird there was no way to remove the Z bar without unbolting the bracket on the frame. It was captured between the ball end stud in the motor and the frame bracket.
On my stock Ford Z bar it is two piece to allow you to collapse it to install and then expand it to full width once it's between the frame bracket and the engine stud. Once it is expanded there is no way it is coming out.
Is the Z bar perpendicular to the frame rail or at an angle? Maybe the subframe has put your motor in a lower or more reward position that is allowing misalignment of the Z bar.
Other than a Z bar breaking I've never had one fall out. Maybe a couple pictures would help to sort out what is going on.
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Rob, the frame bracket which is verticle is slotted at the top and the zbar stud slides down into it then the nut compresses it. I'll try and get some pics soon, right now I'm a little under the weather.