Technical Suspension Gurus: Sway Bar question

patsurf · Feb 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM

1pickup said: ↑

Well, it's too late. Holes drilled (before the suggestion, and after I already thought of it), parts cleaned & painted.

As for causing a bind - I doubt it. Here's why: I made sure the links are as close to straight up and down from the side view as I could get them. The lower A-arm also goes pretty much straight up & down, so they are on the same plane, or as close as I could get it. They are also attached to the GM end links, that have 4 rubber bushings/side. That should have plenty of deflection.

Now, making them "float" on the bar seems like a bad idea, as that means the bar would have to move farther, before it actually starts to be useful by twisting & acting like a spring. Thus, inducing more body roll. ie: the bar would move, the tube would twist on the bar (so the bar would move farther), then it would find a spot to stop twisting (like squishing the rubber bushing on the link), then start acting like a spring.

It's done. If I had to do it again, I'd weld tabs on the shortened bar. If it fails, I'll post it, and you can say "I told you so." If in 20 years it's still on there in one piece, and I'm still here in one piece, I'll post that too.
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prob better do a shorter time lapse for most of us here!

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