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Welding rod is probably a little light in the ass for this application unless you get light guage enough stuff that you can use like tie wire. Remember at a point you will have the entire strut housing AND spring compressor hanging by this piece of welding rod.
1/4" drill rod would do it well but you would probably be served just as well by a piece of the all thread or cold roll round stock that you can get at OSH or most of your hardware stores. You might have to heat it up a little to get the bend in it that you want but it can be done. If you choose to go this route then keep in mind that their is one hook on either end, one is big enough to go around the strut housing and the other is offset by 90 degrees and is small enough to hook in the end of the stabilizer bar. Imagine if you will if you had a candy cane laying flat on the desk in front of you, looking just like a letter "J". Take the top of the J and bend it up off of the desk and straight back towards you. You now have the bottom bend on a horizontal plane and the top one on a vertical plane, i.e. 90 degrees apart. The tool is about 8.5" long the big loop is about 2.25" on the I.D. and the small loop is about 1" on the I.D. and it is actually left just a little bit open. In other words it does not curl ALL the way around in the opposite direction, this facilitates it going into the stab bar hole.
Mark
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