Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Oilbrnr · 10-30-2009, 01:20 PM

So I picked up some replacement bushing from NAPA, these are the ones that actually go into the bar ends. Ruined both of them while attempting to press them. Used all sorts of sockets/pipe pieces/dish soap etc. One side might be servicable, but the other ripped. Is there a secret anyone can share?

I'm thinking about cutting the ends off and tapping them for heim joints. Thoughts on this? I am using ORDs quick disconnect, and since this is my DD I want a bar in there.

**N2TRUX** · 10-30-2009, 05:02 PM

What size bar do you have? Sounds like the wrong diameter bushings.

Oilbrnr · 10-30-2009, 05:24 PM

It is the bigger bar. 1" I think, but there is only one part listed from NAPA anyway. There are two diff sizes for the frame side though.

79gmcc15 · 10-30-2009, 05:45 PM

You got the wrong kind for sure. One inch is not the biggest one. I would try to cut a slit in them and pop them off. Take them back and say they gave you the wrong kind. And go there with a measurements of the bar. And get the right size. The ones I used came from Moog and had slits on them so they just pop on supper easy. Check out my how to in the how to section of the fourm.

mbgmike · 10-30-2009, 05:54 PM

Give me the year and model i will give you the part numbers right now

Oilbrnr · 10-30-2009, 07:23 PM

It is for a 1977 K5, but again these are the bushings in the eyelets (axle side) NOT the split ones that are bolted to the frame.

Oilbrnr · 11-02-2009, 06:28 PM

bump

So no one has replaced these bushing before?

sailed2japan · 11-02-2009, 11:05 PM

Axle side? So it's on a 4x4? I've never done them on a 4x4, try posting in the 4x4 and offroad forum.

1985-GMC · 11-02-2009, 11:31 PM

Here's mine I ordered them from lmc their 1 1/4" for a 1980 K20. I haven't actually installed them yet but they fit perfect. And their polyurethane.

Oilbrnr · 11-03-2009, 04:03 PM

Perfect! Don't know how I missed those. Thanks!

1985-GMC · 11-03-2009, 04:45 PM

If its for a K5 then you probably need the smaller ones napa probably gave you the bigger ones instead.

Oilbrnr · 11-03-2009, 05:05 PM

Napa only lists up to 1" but that is the split pieces for the frame side. The eyelet bushings were rubber and only came in one size anyway. My bar on the K5 is 1.25" so this should be better all the way around. LMC is just not normally my go-to repop'r.

Thanks again.

10-30-2009, 01:20 PM	#1
Oilbrnr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 390	Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? So I picked up some replacement bushing from NAPA, these are the ones that actually go into the bar ends. Ruined both of them while attempting to press them. Used all sorts of sockets/pipe pieces/dish soap etc. One side might be servicable, but the other ripped. Is there a secret anyone can share? I'm thinking about cutting the ends off and tapping them for heim joints. Thoughts on this? I am using ORDs quick disconnect, and since this is my DD I want a bar in there. __________________ -Don- '66 C10 w/factory A/C '77 Cheyenne K5 350/465/205 '80 Custom Deluxe K20 350/465/205 '04 Denali XL '05 DMax CCLB 4x Have a Hickey Sidewinder Winch and need the owners/install manual? Send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward you a .pdf

10-30-2009, 05:02 PM	#2
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,023	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? What size bar do you have? Sounds like the wrong diameter bushings. __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

10-30-2009, 05:24 PM	#3
Oilbrnr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 390	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? It is the bigger bar. 1" I think, but there is only one part listed from NAPA anyway. There are two diff sizes for the frame side though. __________________ -Don- '66 C10 w/factory A/C '77 Cheyenne K5 350/465/205 '80 Custom Deluxe K20 350/465/205 '04 Denali XL '05 DMax CCLB 4x Have a Hickey Sidewinder Winch and need the owners/install manual? Send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward you a .pdf

10-30-2009, 05:45 PM	#4
79gmcc15 Gettin It One Pice At A Time Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: everett, washington Posts: 2,688	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? You got the wrong kind for sure. One inch is not the biggest one. I would try to cut a slit in them and pop them off. Take them back and say they gave you the wrong kind. And go there with a measurements of the bar. And get the right size. The ones I used came from Moog and had slits on them so they just pop on supper easy. Check out my how to in the how to section of the fourm. __________________ RIP ELJAY Work In Progress 1979 GMC C1500 Trailering Special. 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

10-30-2009, 05:54 PM	#5
mbgmike Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pasadena,Tx /Pto Pta DR Posts: 5,415	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? Give me the year and model i will give you the part numbers right now

10-30-2009, 07:23 PM	#6
Oilbrnr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 390	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? It is for a 1977 K5, but again these are the bushings in the eyelets (axle side) NOT the split ones that are bolted to the frame. __________________ -Don- '66 C10 w/factory A/C '77 Cheyenne K5 350/465/205 '80 Custom Deluxe K20 350/465/205 '04 Denali XL '05 DMax CCLB 4x Have a Hickey Sidewinder Winch and need the owners/install manual? Send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward you a .pdf Last edited by Oilbrnr; 11-02-2009 at 06:29 PM.

11-02-2009, 06:28 PM	#7
Oilbrnr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 390	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? bump So no one has replaced these bushing before? __________________ -Don- '66 C10 w/factory A/C '77 Cheyenne K5 350/465/205 '80 Custom Deluxe K20 350/465/205 '04 Denali XL '05 DMax CCLB 4x Have a Hickey Sidewinder Winch and need the owners/install manual? Send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward you a .pdf

11-02-2009, 11:05 PM	#8
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? Axle side? So it's on a 4x4? I've never done them on a 4x4, try posting in the 4x4 and offroad forum. __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR Last edited by sailed2japan; 11-02-2009 at 11:06 PM.

11-02-2009, 11:31 PM	#9
1985-GMC Chevy Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canyon Lake Texas Posts: 2,024	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? Here's mine I ordered them from lmc their 1 1/4" for a 1980 K20. I haven't actually installed them yet but they fit perfect. And their polyurethane. Attached Images __________________ Tony 1985 GMC K2500 restoration Project: Rust, White & Blue 1989 Chevy R3500 CC Cummins & 4X4 swap some day... 1989 Burb (D60, 14BFF, 12V, NV4500, NP205, 37" tires in progress) Last edited by 1985-GMC; 11-02-2009 at 11:35 PM.

11-03-2009, 04:03 PM	#10
Oilbrnr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 390	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? Perfect! Don't know how I missed those. Thanks! __________________ -Don- '66 C10 w/factory A/C '77 Cheyenne K5 350/465/205 '80 Custom Deluxe K20 350/465/205 '04 Denali XL '05 DMax CCLB 4x Have a Hickey Sidewinder Winch and need the owners/install manual? Send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward you a .pdf

11-03-2009, 04:45 PM	#11
1985-GMC Chevy Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canyon Lake Texas Posts: 2,024	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? If its for a K5 then you probably need the smaller ones napa probably gave you the bigger ones instead. __________________ Tony 1985 GMC K2500 restoration Project: Rust, White & Blue 1989 Chevy R3500 CC Cummins & 4X4 swap some day... 1989 Burb (D60, 14BFF, 12V, NV4500, NP205, 37" tires in progress)

11-03-2009, 05:05 PM	#12
Oilbrnr Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 390	Re: Swaybar Bushing Help - Heims? Napa only lists up to 1" but that is the split pieces for the frame side. The eyelet bushings were rubber and only came in one size anyway. My bar on the K5 is 1.25" so this should be better all the way around. LMC is just not normally my go-to repop'r. Thanks again. __________________ -Don- '66 C10 w/factory A/C '77 Cheyenne K5 350/465/205 '80 Custom Deluxe K20 350/465/205 '04 Denali XL '05 DMax CCLB 4x Have a Hickey Sidewinder Winch and need the owners/install manual? Send me a PM with your email address and I'll forward you a .pdf



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