Front stablizer bar interchange - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

polevault1977 · 11-21-2002, 10:25 PM

I looking for a front stablizer bar. I have looked at the new ones, but surely there is some other years that will fit my 71 frame. Has anyone put a later model one on and if so what year did it come from. Btw I have ece's 2.5 drop spindles and 1 drop springs. Will this affect what stablizer bar I can use. Any info appreciated.

Danny

Low69CST · 11-21-2002, 11:38 PM

i've got pretty much the same suspension as you. I've got a swaybar and brackets off a 72 3/4 ton truck. Everything went to gether fine. ECE offers shorter frame brackets if your concerned about your bar being too close to the ground. But I think anything off a 87-older truck will work.

dubie · 11-21-2002, 11:43 PM

Anything from 67-87 will work and anything from 1/2 ton to 1 ton.

polevault1977 · 11-21-2002, 11:48 PM

thanks, I'll hit the bone yard tomorrow!

Longhorn Man · 11-22-2002, 01:03 AM

3/4 to one ton is more likely to have a big 'ole fat one under there too.

Hooter · 11-22-2002, 01:13 AM

I guess I am lucky to have a factory sway bar

dubie · 11-22-2002, 10:59 AM

I went and robbed one from the local yard and it only cost me $20. I got the bar and all the brackets and bushing, btu I will be replacing the stock bushing with polyurathane ones

11-21-2002, 10:25 PM	#1
polevault1977 Pick'n up the pieces! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Marietta, Oklahoma Posts: 198	Front stablizer bar interchange I looking for a front stablizer bar. I have looked at the new ones, but surely there is some other years that will fit my 71 frame. Has anyone put a later model one on and if so what year did it come from. Btw I have ece's 2.5 drop spindles and 1 drop springs. Will this affect what stablizer bar I can use. Any info appreciated. Danny

11-21-2002, 11:38 PM	#2
Low69CST Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA Posts: 2,163	i've got pretty much the same suspension as you. I've got a swaybar and brackets off a 72 3/4 ton truck. Everything went to gether fine. ECE offers shorter frame brackets if your concerned about your bar being too close to the ground. But I think anything off a 87-older truck will work. __________________ '69 CST Short fleetside Lowered, 400 small block, 700R4, 4 wheel disc brakes, front sway bar & rear camaro sway bar (in progress) '87 V10 4x4 Short Fleetside Quad Suspension and Dual Tanks

11-21-2002, 11:43 PM	#3
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,855	Anything from 67-87 will work and anything from 1/2 ton to 1 ton. __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

11-22-2002, 01:13 AM	#6
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	I guess I am lucky to have a factory sway bar __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

11-22-2002, 10:59 AM	#7
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,855	I went and robbed one from the local yard and it only cost me $20. I got the bar and all the brackets and bushing, btu I will be replacing the stock bushing with polyurathane ones __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

11-21-2002, 11:48 PM	#4
polevault1977 Pick'n up the pieces! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Marietta, Oklahoma Posts: 198	thanks, I'll hit the bone yard tomorrow!

11-22-2002, 01:03 AM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	3/4 to one ton is more likely to have a big 'ole fat one under there too.



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