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LT1Caddy


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Can someone give me a measurement for a rear sway for a 66 Beaumont/Chevelle.

I need the measurement across the open end, side to side please....



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Inside or outside of the open end of the bar? Outside I'm guessing but want to make sure.


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Outside and inside if you have it easily accessible...

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36 7/8" and 37 5/8" right at the tips.

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Thx Carl

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Thx Carl

 Just checked mine 37 7/16 outside brand new bar.  Seems to be almost 2" TOO short when I hold it up??? Going to do some research..



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There's shims for them. I had to shim mine maybe 1/2" or more on each side when I installed it.

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Thanks guys. I was looking for an article by Leigh Scott, I remembered he had given the specs for some of the parts that are no longer produced

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Thanks guys. I was looking for an article by Leigh Scott, I remembered he had given the specs for some of the parts that are no longer produced

 Rear Sway Bar Tech (tripod.com)



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You guys have me a bit confused. I've always understood the rear sway bars for A-body & B-Body to be the same, but the shims are required when using it on a B-body.
LT1Caddy, what car are you putting it on? You've asked about a 66 Beaumont/Chevelle.


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They are the same.

And contrary to what people may say, the A bodies sometimes required shims too. I've pulled bars off a number of wrecking yard A bodies and I don't think I've ever had one without shims but the B bodies need more shimming than the A body.

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LT1Caddy wrote:


Thanks guys. I was looking for an article by Leigh Scott, I remembered he had given the specs for some of the parts that are no longer produced

 Rear Sway Bar Tech (tripod.com)

 That's the article, thx Carl



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It seems to me when I put the bar on my car I had to shim about 3/8" on each side but you'll be able to figure it out easily.

 



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 do you have one on the 65? how did it fit?



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65 SD L79 wrote:
 do you have one on the 65? how did it fit?

 I found this picture of his car Kevin.

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65 SD L79 wrote:
 do you have one on the 65? how did it fit?

 I found this picture of his car Kevin.

t1.JPG

 thanx Carl, will see how much shim he needed



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I just winged it all on the 65. Put a Hotchkiss on the 67.

 

The top illustration I linked has all the dimensions of the washers (3 in the GM drawing), special spacers (4), round or square, you choose, long flat reinforcements (5) and the inner pipe special spacer (7).

Drill the 3 holes in each arm exactly as the drawing shows, fit all the washers, spacers, reinforcements, bolts and nuts as shown and it will all come together with little or no binding.



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