36mm sway bar bushings

[Longroof79]

I'd like to know what bushings you guys used with the 36mm hollow front sway bar...and if you have a part # available.
I tried using the F-body bushings and brackets, but of course I had to elongate the F-body brackets to line up with the mounting holes. It sorta fits, but I'm not 100% satisfied with them. The F-body bushings do not fit in the brackets for the 32mm bushings.
The outside diameter would have to be the same, or close to the 32mm bushings.

 

[Peter]

I just ordered a 34 mm sway bar myself and my reading suggested just to buy the fbody bushings (whether it be the 34 or 36 mm) and they will work the stock gbody frame brackets.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

I have a 34 mm sway, bushings, and brackets out of a F-body. The F-body brackets won't fit on a G frame and the F-body 34mm bushings don't fit in my G body brackets. I think the problem may be that since my car was originally a V6, it came with smaller sway bars with smaller sway bar brackets than the higher powered G bodies had. I have heard before G bodies that came with thicker sway bars have larger brackets.

 

[Longroof79]

Thanks Peter,
Comparing the F-body brackets with my old Energy Suspension (32mm) brackets, the stock F-body brackets are taller besides the bolt pattern being wider. Being that the F-body brackets are taller, the bushing is larger around. Perhaps the 36mm urethane bushing has a smaller diameter.
I don't have the original G-body brackets to compare.

I have seen a kit on Summit Racing that is complete with greaseable mounting bushings and end links. It lists it for a Chevy pickup.
I'm just not sure of the brackets and length of end links.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ens-3-5213g/overview/

 

[Longroof79]

Thanks Tie,
I'd like to be able to reuse my aftermarket 32mm brackets if possible, or else just purchase new bushings with mounting brackets. The F-body brackets that I have, I modified (elongated) the mounting holes. They are a bit larger than the G-body aftermarket brackets. But they're made to accommodate a larger diameter bushing.

The V-6 sway bar and bushings are significantly smaller. I've been using a 32mm(1.25") GN sway bar prior to going with the 36mm bar. The 32mm sway bar is the largest stock sway bar for a G-body car.

 

[malibu80]

I'm using the 36mm hollow bar with the stock g-body mount. The bushings I ordered at O'Reilly's were for a Trans AM (can't remember the year) with the WS6 option. The bushings I got were McQuay-Norris, part no. FA7189. These bushings were also urethane. I suppose they came from factory that way also.

 

[tc1959]

Hey Jack check these out. I was thinking about ordering a set.( I just need to get my lazy butt out in the garage and actually measure my bar).
It came out of a 91 Firebird Formula. Right now it is mounted with the Stock El Camino brackets and the rubber F-Body bushings.
http://www.top-downsolutions.com/greasa ... o-or-fireb

 

[383S10]

There is a thread on this for F-body to G-body sway bar swap........the ones I ordered where the 9.5168R greasable by Energy Suspensions.........which is listed by some as 35mm and by others as 34mm......and has been used and recommended by some here.....but I have since then found out they have a 36.5mm 9.5175 which would be slightly loose which to me would make a lot suspension noise especially if not greasable.......I went with 35mm for the snug fit and on all the G-body sites this is what most have choose to use or at least at the time I got my parts.....

viewtopic.php?p=341392

http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/thread ... fo.398683/

http://www.montecarloss.com/community/u ... Post973459

 

[Longroof79]

I'm using the 36mm hollow bar with the stock g-body mount. The bushings I ordered at O'Reilly's were for a Trans AM (can't remember the year) with the WS6 option. The bushings I got were McQuay-Norris, part no. FA7189. These bushings were also urethane. I suppose they came from factory that way also.

Thanks man!
I appreciate that information. So these bushings fit right in, huh? That's good news. I'll check into that.

 

[Longroof79]

Hey Jack check these out. I was thinking about ordering a set.( I just need to get my lazy butt out in the garage and actually measure my bar).
It came out of a 91 Firebird Formula. Right now it is mounted with the Stock El Camino brackets and the rubber F-Body bushings.
http://www.top-downsolutions.com/greasa ... o-or-fireb

Thanks Paul,
Another option to look at.