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Gettin It One Pice At A Time
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: everett, washington
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Front Sway Bar Install/Updated How-to
Ok this is my first time doing a how-to.
My sway bar installation on my 1979 GMC C1500. This is how I did it. Mod how you see fit. What you need: 1- sway bar from a 3/4 or 1 ton *Go Big Or Go Home* truck/burb/blazer -$ 20 2- brackets that bolt to frame.-$ 33 (20+13 ship) 4- U-brackets that will bolt to "LCA" and to frame -*included w/bar* 4- Bushings-mine were Moog K6169 for 1-1/16th bar-$26 12- 3/8" x 1-1/2 Grade 8 bolts-$6 12- 3/8" Grade 8 nuts -$4 12- 3/8" Grade 8 split cut washers-$3 8- 3/8" flat washers-$3 1-9/16th inch wrench 1-9/16th inch deep socket and ratchet And about 40 mins. Total: $95 It should look like this: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So I started by putting the bolts in the holes on the front of the frame. with one flat washer under the bolt heads. ![]() Then you put on the Brackets that go to the frame Loose! ![]() Then I put the bushings and C brackets onto the bar. *tip: if you paint your bar. look real close to the bar and you will see wear spots on it. this will help a lot with alignment and placement. And mark or don't paint there.* ![]() ![]()
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RIP ELJAY ![]() ![]() Getting the truck done, one piece at a time. “You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.”Ronald Reagan “I don’t know the key to success but I know the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby Last edited by augie; 04-05-2011 at 12:42 AM. |
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