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junkyardpartseeker · 04-09-2003, 09:21 PM

on the front stabilizer bar there are 2 brackets wit rubber bushings in them. My question is the bracket that has the rivets in it that attaches to the frame, is there any easy way to break them off so I can install a new bracket?

Nvbowtie · 04-09-2003, 09:29 PM

1'st- steering stabilizer or sway bar?

2'nd - Is the riveted bracket broke or are you changing out to a different style ?

junkyardpartseeker · 04-09-2003, 09:36 PM

1: front sway bar.
2: it's badly bent, so I am going to pull one off a junk trk.

Nvbowtie · 04-09-2003, 09:44 PM

Air hammer or grinder

or

the ever famous and popular: smoke wrench (torch)

is the frame bent ?

my .02 anyway

Bill

BaggedC10 · 04-09-2003, 10:55 PM

I would heat the head of the rivets and then use an air chisel to remove them. Take a large hammer/center punch and knock the bodies out.

junkyardpartseeker · 04-09-2003, 11:11 PM

I don't have any way to heat them up and no fancy tools either.

Slonaker · 04-10-2003, 12:01 AM

Save yourself a lot of trouble. Buy the bracket new at the dealer. I think it is less than $15, and it will save you a lot of hammering and chiseling at the junkyard. I bought them when I put a swaybar on my truck. It was not equipped with a swaybar from the factory.

It sounds like you will have to grind or chisel the head off the rivet, then knock it out with a punch.

Slonaker

04-09-2003, 09:21 PM	#1
junkyardpartseeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mabelvale, AR Posts: 695	need info on the front stabilizer bar there are 2 brackets wit rubber bushings in them. My question is the bracket that has the rivets in it that attaches to the frame, is there any easy way to break them off so I can install a new bracket?

04-09-2003, 09:29 PM	#2
Nvbowtie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Laughlin, Nv. USA Posts: 700	1'st- steering stabilizer or sway bar? 2'nd - Is the riveted bracket broke or are you changing out to a different style ? __________________ www.unlimited2u.com/chevy Bill 1980 Chevy C-10 Silverado 1988 Chevy Blazer Tahoe

04-09-2003, 09:44 PM	#4
Nvbowtie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Laughlin, Nv. USA Posts: 700	Air hammer or grinder or the ever famous and popular: smoke wrench (torch) is the frame bent ? my .02 anyway Bill __________________ www.unlimited2u.com/chevy Bill 1980 Chevy C-10 Silverado 1988 Chevy Blazer Tahoe

04-09-2003, 10:55 PM	#5
BaggedC10 Under construction! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 1,065	I would heat the head of the rivets and then use an air chisel to remove them. Take a large hammer/center punch and knock the bodies out. __________________ 2001 Silverado bagged on 22's. Sold

04-10-2003, 12:01 AM	#7
Slonaker Insert Witty Text Here Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 3,415	Save yourself a lot of trouble. Buy the bracket new at the dealer. I think it is less than $15, and it will save you a lot of hammering and chiseling at the junkyard. I bought them when I put a swaybar on my truck. It was not equipped with a swaybar from the factory. It sounds like you will have to grind or chisel the head off the rivet, then knock it out with a punch. Slonaker __________________ '86 Chevy C10 (Sold 04/19/13 ) Stock '01 Silverado

04-09-2003, 09:36 PM	#3
junkyardpartseeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mabelvale, AR Posts: 695	1: front sway bar. 2: it's badly bent, so I am going to pull one off a junk trk.

04-09-2003, 11:11 PM	#6
junkyardpartseeker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mabelvale, AR Posts: 695	I don't have any way to heat them up and no fancy tools either.



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