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sway bar
picked up a sway bar from the wreckers today, but i couldn't ge tthe frame brackets off cause the rivits. how have you got them off?
i got the sway bar off a 3/4 ton but ended up only being the 1 1/16 bar, i was hoping for the 1 1/4 but im still happy. i got the bar, new bushings, brackets, and new hardware for $80 canadian
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I recently added a sway bar to my 78 and love the results. The brackets on those are rivoted on. I know of 5 ways to get them off 1. torch easiest 2. drill 3. grinder 4 . chisel hardest. 5. sawsall. I like the grinder or torch method the best. I went down to the chevy dealer and bought new ones 16 dollars each .
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I bought mine at the dealer too. It wasn't worth spending an afternoon on my back laying in oil soaked dirt to save $20.
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i phoned gm today and they wanted $32 canadian each, not worth it for me
when torching them do u just heat them up and knock em out?
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I just took one off a 78 and it was bolted on 4 bolts a side?
It's 4 sale $60.00w/brackets
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Look at all the trucks in the junkyard before you start removing rivets. Some might have been added with bolts, like mine, or might have been replaced with a bolt-in after an accident.
If you get lucky, you can melt the heads off and hammer the rest through with a punch. If not, they will be like the rivets on my upper ball joints that each took about 20 minutes of hammering to push them through after the heads were ground off. Slonaker |
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On mine I used an air hammer (chisel), with a chisel tip to remove the head of the rivet and then used a punch tip on the air hammer to drive the rivet through. Worked pretty good. Of course, if you are doing this at the bone-yard, you may not be able to hook up a compressor. Just a thought. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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ya i guess i should have looked around at the other trucks to see if any were bolted in. thanks for the info!
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If your truck is lowered consider either the low profile ones the ECE sells, or don't run them at all....
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would it be possible to bolt the sway bar brackets directly to the frame without the frame bracket?
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Yes it is possible. If your truck is stock height it wouldn't be advisable due to the angle, but if it's lowered it will work just fine. I bought a set of the low profile stands from ECE for 20.00...
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no its nots lowered yet... one day it will be
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went back to the wrecker and found a 70-72 pickup with them bolted on and even better he gave em to me for free!
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i finished putting it in today and what a difference, a lot less body roll now!
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Looks good. Did you paint the bar too?
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ya just some plain black paint, stands out from the rest of the dirt under there.
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I am hopefuly in the market for a sway bar. what years will work on my truck and what size? 3/4, 1 ton? how much should I expect for a junk yard special? $50 to much?
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i think any year from early 70's to late 80's should work. i got the sway bar off a late 80's 3/4 silverado, and the frame brackets off a 70-72 1/2. i only paid $40 canadian for my bar so 50 is a bit much
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so a bar from a 1 ton would fit on a 1/2 ton? cause that would probly be the best.
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