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07-10-2011, 10:50 PM
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Sway bar? Need help
i was just wondering if a sway bar is necessary on a 1970 swb c10 chevy?
I mean did the factory ones come with one? cause i dont see one on mine thanks |
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07-11-2011, 12:08 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
it would greatly help your roll effect if you had one.
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07-11-2011, 12:52 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
swaybars were an option on these trucks
if you are going to use it old school on fam lots and backroads and keeping it under 40mph you dont need a sway bar // if you plan on highway aand other paved road type of drivin use a sway bar it is a great upgrade
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07-11-2011, 04:27 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
For the money its the best up grade you can make
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07-11-2011, 04:39 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
not needed, but it helps a lot.
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07-11-2011, 06:58 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
I noticed a WORLD of difference after I installed one. I got mine off a 76 half ton Chevy.
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07-12-2011, 01:07 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
Just picked one up! wrecker score. have to drill out the big a55 rivets now.
I hear I need brackets because the truck is lowered.
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07-12-2011, 01:25 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
you don't NEED a sway bar, like you don't NEED shocks. Best upgrade for the money hands down.
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07-12-2011, 02:54 PM
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Its a Truck Thing......
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
Will not own one of these trucks without putting a sway bar on. You can get all the parts from the yard cheap, put in new bushings and BAM.....Its ON......
I usually pull them off a 73 and up, get the bar, brackets and your set. The brackets have to have the rivets removed from the frame. Smitty
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07-12-2011, 03:15 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
Got this setup from CPP. Greaseable!
And not expensive.
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07-12-2011, 09:21 PM
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Location: Denver, CO
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
thanks guys mine doesnt have the holes to mount these on...does that mean i have to drill?
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07-12-2011, 11:51 PM
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Re: Sway bar? Need help
all frames have the front hole but on trucks that didnt come with one from factory the cross member bracket rivet in the rear hole that youll need to use
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