Rear sway bay

[pagrunt]

Looking to see if any knows anythng about the OE "U" shaped rear sway bay that I pulled out of a junked '79 Hurst Olds back in the late '90s. I see a lot of the ones that most A/G bodies use, but not any like mine. I personally like it better since it's thicker & feels like a better ride & handling. Of the few I have seen on cars, they all have been on an Olds. Was this an Olds part or did all 4 divisions use it too?

 

[Evan11]

Looking to see if any knows anythng about the OE "U" shaped rear sway bay that I pulled out of a junked '79 Hurst Olds back in the late '90s. I see a lot of the ones that most A/G bodies use, but not any like mine. I personally like it better since it's thicker & feels like a better ride & handling. Of the few I have seen on cars, they all have been on an Olds. Was this an Olds part or did all 4 divisions use it too?

I believe there were two different rear sway bars used on the gbody cars, although I always thought the one you're describing was mainly used on the Monte SS's, but I could be wrong. I have the thicker u-shaped bar on mine, it was pulled from an SS. I looked under a 87 GP last year at the pull a part and it had a slightly smaller rear sway bar than the Monte one I have. On a side note, I hope you pulled more than just the sway bar off that car, but being that long ago, you probably didn't think much of it.

 

[ssn696]

The 'U' bar just needs four bolts and some spacers in the lower control arms. If you did not grab the tin ones, you can easily fab some from tubing.

 

[pagrunt]

The car was pretty much roached when I got the sway bar off it & I could of saved it. For a better description of the bar, it doesn't contour the rear end pumpkin like the SS cars used. Gotta measure & take a pic to post it.