Rear Sway (anti roll) Bar

[airboatgreg]

I just put one on my El C and a world of difference. You will smile🙂

 

[Bruce Compton]

I just put one on my El C and a world of difference. You will smile🙂

What did you use?

 

[pagrunt]

I think my rear bar is like 7/8". It came out of a '78/'79 Hurst/Olds (car long gone, got it about 25 years ago.)

 

[64nailhead]

I've got the 1" UMI and it works well - no complaints.

 

[airboatgreg]

What did you use?

I bought one of the aftermarket kits. $100.00 and had everything I needed. Bolts, bushings etc

 

[565bbchevy]

I got lucky , I won an auction for brand new F & R Hellwig sway bars off Ebay for $170 with no reserve.
The guy bought them for his El Camino years before but never installed them, they even came in the factory boxes.

 

[denny]

That Blazer bar, does it only came in 2dr models? Do the 4x4 4dr models have a similar one?
Asking for a friend.....

took this off a 2001 or 2002 2wd blazer last summer. had installed it for a couple days but was unhappy with my install so will revisit it this summer. also will be going with a ford rear so i'll see where it lines up. was under 20 at the pick and pull

 

[denny]

The only "factory" upgrade over the stock bar would be the 1" 98-05 4wd 2dr blazer bar that mounts to the frame instead of the LCA. Very similar to what you get in the $180 helwig bar but can be picked up at a salvage yard for ~$20 I've got it on my LS2 t56 GP that runs mid 11's and it has worked great so far.

3rd gen F bodies also had a bigger bar that mounts similar to the blazer bar but the arms that go to the end links flare out and they have to be heated and bent inwards.

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that looks like the bar i had a little trouble mounting on my 81 malibu. axle clamps were ok but i had a problem with the front mounting. your front mounting looks like a better spot than where mine was mounted. is that front mounting spot coming off the front of the lower rear control arm? thanks

 

[81cutlass]

Mine ended up mounting on the angle bracket between the frame rail and the rear cross member. No fitment issues.

 

[KCP]

took this off a 2001 or 2002 2wd blazer last summer. had installed it for a couple days but was unhappy with my install so will revisit it this summer. also will be going with a ford rear so i'll see where it lines up. was under 20 at the pick and pull

If I only could get my hands on a 2WD Blazer here. All we got imported were 4WD, I've seen a max of 5 2WD in the last 15 or so years. If I could find one, I'll even buy the whole truck to part it out.