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Old 12-07-2008, 02:07 AM
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looking for a sway bar

the retard who had my truck before me took off the front sway bar! id like to buy one and the frame mounts for it
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Hmm I know that your best chance is to scour the Junk Yards
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dont get one off a ramcharger, I went to picknpull yesterday, pulled off the front sway, and guess what? the bar hits the oil pan and the frame mounts are like half inch away from the frame
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Addco ACO-135. $149 at Summit.
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Addco ACO-150. $149 at Summit.
thanks for checking
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dont get one off a ramcharger, I went to picknpull yesterday, pulled off the front sway, and guess what? the bar hits the oil pan and the frame mounts are like half inch away from the frame
thats wierd because i saw this CHERRY ramcharger today and when i was checking it out i noticed the sway bar and remembered i DONT HAVE ONE.
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it could work I guess with some spacer blocks, but ill probally pony up and buy the unit that was intended for these trucks.
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Originally Posted by Ace
Addco ACO-150. $149 at Summit.
That bar is for a Duster or Dart.

Here's the truck bar - http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku



The one ton 4x4 sway bar is a big, thick honker. I've got one on mine and it handles really nicely on the street. I hooked it to the axles with some hitch pins, so I can disconnect it easily for a little more offroad articulation.

I don't think all trucks came with them. Look around in the junkyards and you might get lucky. Be sure to get the frame brackets, bushings and end links with it. They're available new from the dealer, but they're not cheap.
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yeah, I don't know why it came up as a 150 when I performed the exact same drill down into their online cataloge yesterday and even clicked the "check application link." I think their web site is iffy.
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i think they all came with them. plus you can see the markings were the unexposed steel is fresh on the frame mounts. on summit they also sell a rear one, its a 1inch rear and a 1 1/8th inch front. i looked it up on the companies actual website and they do list our trucks
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neither of mine have or had them
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hey not enough gararge, if you get a chance could you post pics of the pins you put in the sway bar end links? I ve seen quick disconects for old chebbys, but not for these trucks.
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I just got off the phone with summit, ordered front and rear addco sway bars, 359 shipped, seemed reasonable to me. I just hope that the rear fits with my kelderman, Ive never seen how the oem sways fit.
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i dont think the 1st gens ever came with rear sway bars
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My OEM front sway bar had to come off to install the Keldermans.


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