Sway bar centeral. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

spinem · 04-20-2010, 12:17 AM

I see tons of questions on this so lets clear some up.

All 2wd trucks (a-arm) swar bars will interchange.

When pulling the sway bar off the truck, you can take and re-use all brackets except those that are riveted to the frame. (unless yard allows cutting tools)

The 1ton (?) trucks are the one ya want, due to strength/thickness

Now lets talk about price.
Whats the most youd pay for a stock bar?
My local j/y says $35 no brackets.

-----Rear sway bars??!!
Do new chevy's interchange?
What years came stock /w/ rear swaybars?
Pictures? Price to pay?

FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME/ ADD INFO

toms84ss · 04-20-2010, 01:07 AM

My local pick a part charges $15.00 per bar. Brackets and bushings are extra. The problem I've found with most GM rear bars is they are too wide for earlier frames. I've only found one 1 1/4" bar locally. Not as common as I thought they would be.

RuralRoute C-30 · 04-20-2010, 01:09 AM

Saw this ad in the local CL for a sway bar set-up. If nothing else it is a good illustration of a complete set-up with the picture.
http://chambana.craigslist.org/pts/1696968325.html

Not affiliated in any way.

Mark

spinem · 04-20-2010, 05:20 PM

thanks for the imput guys!...

and rear sway bars are veryyy hard to find, must have searched 20 trucks yesterday.

87chevy.com · 04-20-2010, 10:21 PM

I grabbed a rear sway bar off of an OBS tahoe or burb and I think I can get it to work, but I've got a few open projects, one including my brakes... so once I finish that up, I'm going to see what its going to take to get the bar installed. So far it looks like a custom bracket maybe out of some 2x3 steel tube and place it under the axle... I think the only concern was when the bar was facing foward, the end link would be close to the shock thats foward.
I will post pictures this weekend if I get my rear disc brake parts in.
And there are places that sell custom sway bars, but I like to grab stuff from the bone yard

staggerd86c-10 · 04-22-2010, 02:25 PM

im pretty sure people find a way to mount a sway bar from another car truck, because i have tried one from a camaro and it hits the factory shock mounts. It was only 25 bucks at the junkyard so i wasnt out much.

04-20-2010, 12:17 AM	#1
spinem haha, ford guys... Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 576	Sway bar centeral. I see tons of questions on this so lets clear some up. All 2wd trucks (a-arm) swar bars will interchange. When pulling the sway bar off the truck, you can take and re-use all brackets except those that are riveted to the frame. (unless yard allows cutting tools) The 1ton (?) trucks are the one ya want, due to strength/thickness Now lets talk about price. Whats the most youd pay for a stock bar? My local j/y says $35 no brackets. -----Rear sway bars??!! Do new chevy's interchange? What years came stock /w/ rear swaybars? Pictures? Price to pay? FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME/ ADD INFO Last edited by spinem; 04-20-2010 at 12:18 AM.

04-20-2010, 01:07 AM	#2
toms84ss Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 121	Re: Sway bar centeral. My local pick a part charges $15.00 per bar. Brackets and bushings are extra. The problem I've found with most GM rear bars is they are too wide for earlier frames. I've only found one 1 1/4" bar locally. Not as common as I thought they would be.

04-20-2010, 01:09 AM	#3
RuralRoute C-30 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: East Central Illinois Posts: 511	Re: Sway bar centeral. Saw this ad in the local CL for a sway bar set-up. If nothing else it is a good illustration of a complete set-up with the picture. http://chambana.craigslist.org/pts/1696968325.html Not affiliated in any way. Mark __________________ 1985 Chevy C-30 Hydraulic Dump Bed 2001 Saturn SC2 (go to work car) 2010 PT Cruiser (wife's car) "Reality is just a hallucination brought on by lack of alcohol."

04-20-2010, 05:20 PM	#4
spinem haha, ford guys... Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Visalia, CA Posts: 576	Re: Sway bar centeral. thanks for the imput guys!... and rear sway bars are veryyy hard to find, must have searched 20 trucks yesterday.

04-20-2010, 10:21 PM	#5
87chevy.com BMW & ASE Master Certified Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,255	Re: Sway bar centeral. I grabbed a rear sway bar off of an OBS tahoe or burb and I think I can get it to work, but I've got a few open projects, one including my brakes... so once I finish that up, I'm going to see what its going to take to get the bar installed. So far it looks like a custom bracket maybe out of some 2x3 steel tube and place it under the axle... I think the only concern was when the bar was facing foward, the end link would be close to the shock thats foward. I will post pictures this weekend if I get my rear disc brake parts in. And there are places that sell custom sway bars, but I like to grab stuff from the bone yard __________________ 1987 Silverado - L83 5.3 w/ 6L80e ,A/C,P/W,P/L,TILT, HID projectors, Wilwood C-10 Pro Spindles w/ 2018 silverado front brakes & C-5 Corvette Rear Disc Brakes 1999 BMW 528i - 5.7 LS1 w/ 4l60e, Ford 8.8 IRS w31 spline posi & FX-r projector retrofit New project: 2006 BMW x5 6cyl AWD to L83 6l80e 4wd to 2WD / RWD A poor man buy's it twice finally got my domain name back, 87chevy.com.... site rework in progress

04-22-2010, 02:25 PM	#6
staggerd86c-10 Squarebody Aficionado Join Date: May 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 713	Re: Sway bar centeral. im pretty sure people find a way to mount a sway bar from another car truck, because i have tried one from a camaro and it hits the factory shock mounts. It was only 25 bucks at the junkyard so i wasnt out much.



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