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andyh1956 · 04-19-2010, 10:34 AM

ok - lets talk about REAR sway bars. do aftermarket sway bar kits locate the bar behind the axle? if they do, will a rear mounted fuel tank interfere with the bar? i intend to have a rear bar on my truck. the only stock one i ever saw was on a 20 or 30 series we got some fenders off of & it mounted under the rear trailing arms & ran along the axle tubes one side to the other. it had litle helper leaves on it too behind the axle. i fgured i would never find a oem one. all this planning makes my brain hurt. thanks!
andy

fleetsidelarry · 04-19-2010, 10:55 AM

did the bar you saw look like this:

http://www.low69cst.freeservers.com/CamaroBar.htm

I'm not sure these trucks had OEM sway bars. my truck had the helper springs but the axle pads were missing due to a previous rear end replacement

Russ65C10 · 04-19-2010, 05:35 PM

I second the Carmaro bar set up. I run a similar setup using sway bar I got off of a leaf springed truck at Pick-&-Pull. You mount the bar on top of the axle and connect to rear of the frame otherwise your shocks, springs and trailing arms are in the way. The Carmaro bar as well as the bar I found both are wider than the frame so you'll still have room for rear mounted tank.

andyh1956 · 04-19-2010, 11:18 PM

ok- this answers my questions. i dont remember what the one looked like on the truck we were removing parts from. owner was kinda funny (we've all seen that, huh?) & he didn't want anything removed from rear of truck & we were busy with fasteners that wanted to remain in their rusty homes. of course he crushed it later. ok so it's an 82 up camaro sway bar for me. all i had to do was ask some hot rodders! thanks!
andy

04-19-2010, 10:34 AM	#1
andyh1956 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: thomastown mississippi Posts: 1,261	sway bar & fuel tanks ok - lets talk about REAR sway bars. do aftermarket sway bar kits locate the bar behind the axle? if they do, will a rear mounted fuel tank interfere with the bar? i intend to have a rear bar on my truck. the only stock one i ever saw was on a 20 or 30 series we got some fenders off of & it mounted under the rear trailing arms & ran along the axle tubes one side to the other. it had litle helper leaves on it too behind the axle. i fgured i would never find a oem one. all this planning makes my brain hurt. thanks! andy

04-19-2010, 10:55 AM	#2
fleetsidelarry Senior Car Nut Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: shellman bluff, GA Posts: 1,411	Re: sway bar & fuel tanks did the bar you saw look like this: http://www.low69cst.freeservers.com/CamaroBar.htm I'm not sure these trucks had OEM sway bars. my truck had the helper springs but the axle pads were missing due to a previous rear end replacement __________________ Larry Last edited by fleetsidelarry; 04-19-2010 at 11:07 AM.

04-19-2010, 05:35 PM	#3
Russ65C10 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 124	Re: sway bar & fuel tanks I second the Carmaro bar set up. I run a similar setup using sway bar I got off of a leaf springed truck at Pick-&-Pull. You mount the bar on top of the axle and connect to rear of the frame otherwise your shocks, springs and trailing arms are in the way. The Carmaro bar as well as the bar I found both are wider than the frame so you'll still have room for rear mounted tank.

04-19-2010, 11:18 PM	#4
andyh1956 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: thomastown mississippi Posts: 1,261	Re: sway bar & fuel tanks ok- this answers my questions. i dont remember what the one looked like on the truck we were removing parts from. owner was kinda funny (we've all seen that, huh?) & he didn't want anything removed from rear of truck & we were busy with fasteners that wanted to remain in their rusty homes. of course he crushed it later. ok so it's an 82 up camaro sway bar for me. all i had to do was ask some hot rodders! thanks! andy



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