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02-11-2020, 10:59 PM | #1 |
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Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
Looking for a sway bar for my 69. It has a 5 7 drop. How do I know what will fit? What are you running? Thanks
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02-12-2020, 10:32 AM | #2 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
Call Dennis of Dennis Chevy truck parts in Pinellas park and see if he has a stock front sway bar then just order a set of the front sway bar mounts for dropped trucks .
Here's a good thread from Tx firefighter http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=72338 https://www.google.com/search?client...6330463820;mv:[[27.865755777319023,-82.73237401648193],[27.865395822680966,-82.73278118351809]] https://www.classicparts.com/1963-72...xoC5pMQAvD_BwE
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02-12-2020, 10:41 AM | #3 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
A factory bar will work but you will need to buy the lower/ smaller mounting bracket that mounts on the underside of frame.
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02-12-2020, 10:54 AM | #4 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
It's been years since I did the same drop on my 72 and never took it to the alignment shop to get it finished but ended up buying a 72 k10 and have been working on it ever since. All the lowering parts came from McGaughys but not positive on the frame bracket. Here is a 69 factory sway bar I was going to use. The diameter is 1 1/16
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02-12-2020, 11:13 AM | #5 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
Here are the brackets and bushings for the 1 1/16 stock front sway bar . They have the grease fitting so the urethane bushings don't squeak
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Energy-Susp...EAAOSwGUhc1uEu
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02-12-2020, 01:54 PM | #6 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
1985 chev truck sway 1 1/8 with lowered brackets, rear 1" sway custom made. I really need to clean, it's not so shiny side down
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02-12-2020, 04:21 PM | #7 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
I pulled a 1 1/4" sway bar of a square 3/4 ton and no problems. My truck is also lowered and I just ran the bar thru the INSIDE of the frame mounts. worked perfect. no need for flattened out aftermarket frame mounts
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02-13-2020, 02:14 AM | #8 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
1 1/4" '73-'87 "Square Body" sway bar. I believe that the 1 ton dually up to '91 is also a fit. I bought one out of a salvage yard and upgraded from the 1 1/16". Main reason was the previous owner installed a 1" bar in the rear. Rear of truck is leaf spring. 5/7 drop on our C20.
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02-13-2020, 04:43 PM | #10 |
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Re: Front Sway bar for a 5 7 drop?
Nice. The rear sway bar was on the truck when I got it. It's an old Hellwig 7402 that was in rough shape.
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