sway bar differences...? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**'70_402** · 01-05-2005, 01:29 PM

can you really tell the difference between the factory 1" bar and the ones off the newer trucks that are thicker???? it is only 1/4" or less bigger...does it make it that much better?

thanks

Rick

badpeanut · 01-05-2005, 02:53 PM

Adding an 1-1/16" bar with rubber bushings to my 1/2-ton made a HUGE difference. Stepping up to an 1-1/4" bar with polyurethane bushings over the winter wasn't a big enough difference that I could detect having not driven the truck for 6 months.

ChevyDude · 01-05-2005, 02:56 PM

If you don't have one and are going to do the mod...Get a 1 1/4" bar ....bigger is better, just ask the girls, lol!!!

whitesswj · 01-05-2005, 03:55 PM

what does a sway bar do? i mean i've been told but , i still don't understand the concept.

thanks, please include picutes. sswj

Tx Firefighter · 01-05-2005, 03:58 PM

It's technically called an anti-sway bar.

It links the left and right suspensions together so when the truck is cornering, it won't tend to body roll as much. It distributes the corenering load across the whole front of the truck, to both sides.

01-05-2005, 01:29 PM	#1
'70_402 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Pampa, Texas Posts: 1,554	sway bar differences...? can you really tell the difference between the factory 1" bar and the ones off the newer trucks that are thicker???? it is only 1/4" or less bigger...does it make it that much better? thanks Rick __________________ https://www.ebay.com/itm/29620574751...mis&media=COPY

01-05-2005, 02:56 PM	#3
ChevyDude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 3,071	If you don't have one and are going to do the mod...Get a 1 1/4" bar ....bigger is better, just ask the girls, lol!!! __________________ Alex 1971 Lil' Red 350 SBC 700R4

01-05-2005, 03:55 PM	#4
whitesswj Embrace the Redneck Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cabot, AR Posts: 1,334	what does a sway bar do? i mean i've been told but , i still don't understand the concept. thanks, please include picutes. sswj __________________ '01 Camaro *Son, you just can't get there from here...*

01-05-2005, 03:58 PM	#5
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	It's technically called an anti-sway bar. It links the left and right suspensions together so when the truck is cornering, it won't tend to body roll as much. It distributes the corenering load across the whole front of the truck, to both sides. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-05-2005, 02:53 PM	#2
badpeanut Not a bad nut after all.. Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: ND Posts: 1,756	Adding an 1-1/16" bar with rubber bushings to my 1/2-ton made a HUGE difference. Stepping up to an 1-1/4" bar with polyurethane bushings over the winter wasn't a big enough difference that I could detect having not driven the truck for 6 months.



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