LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
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10/08/21 05:07 PM
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Need 1/2 of the bracket on the 80 Express truck sway bar to the strut rod.This takes a real shot sway bar link and is two pieces and surrounds the strut rod.Does anyone make them or have one.Thanks Rocky
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
[Re: OrangeProwler]
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10/15/21 09:55 AM
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My son looked for the 1/2 he cant find.Truck sat for like 20 years and now heis getting it running.Just took the sender out and it was trashed after sitting in gas that long.Might have to hit one of the older yards here to see if they have one as it was used on lots of 1/2 tons that I can see.Stacks will be on son as he has to have exhaust bent from headers to them
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
[Re: OrangeProwler]
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10/20/21 01:53 PM
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They look like the shape but the top one has no hole in it.Sway bar bushing attachs to the lower one and then they tighten around the bushing and strut rod.Rocky
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
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10/20/21 05:34 PM
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They look like the shape but the top one has no hole in it.Sway bar bushing attachs to the lower one and then they tighten around the bushing and strut rod.Rocky I forgot to mention not my picture but, wanted to say it might be better to find a truck with the sway bar. Some trucks didn't even come with and I don't know how many came with a sway bar vs not production wise. Wish I could help more now. If I can get my off eventually to change the bushings I will but, right now it's kind of on the back burner.
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
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10/20/21 09:53 PM
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They look like the shape but the top one has no hole in it.Sway bar bushing attachs to the lower one and then they tighten around the bushing and strut rod.Rocky I forgot to mention not my picture but, wanted to say it might be better to find a truck with the sway bar. Some trucks didn't even come with and I don't know how many came with a sway bar vs not production wise. Wish I could help more now. If I can get my off eventually to change the bushings I will but, right now it's kind of on the back burner. At least in 1982, it was an option. My '84 had one, also had the towing package which might have included it? Both '93's came with it. I put an ADDCO on the '82, POS it was, brackets that attached to the strut rods wouldn't stay aligned. I went out and found a factory unit and scrapped the ADDCO. FWIW, the ADDCO rear bar was fine. It came with links to work with 4x2 or 4x4 both. I don't think these brackets are specific to trucks? The ones on '65 and up C bodies look identical, never tried to interchange one, never had a need.
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
[Re: 3hundred]
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10/21/21 04:05 AM
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Following because I'd like to put a front bar on my '88. An old post from 2014 says these parts were available (then) from a now-defunct website: www.dodgetruckparts.net.Rockauto has nothing; even Parts Monkey in Canookistan had nothing.
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
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10/21/21 12:53 PM
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They look like the shape but the top one has no hole in it.Sway bar bushing attachs to the lower one and then they tighten around the bushing and strut rod.Rocky I forgot to mention not my picture but, wanted to say it might be better to find a truck with the sway bar. Some trucks didn't even come with and I don't know how many came with a sway bar vs not production wise. Wish I could help more now. If I can get my off eventually to change the bushings I will but, right now it's kind of on the back burner. At least in 1982, it was an option. My '84 had one, also had the towing package which might have included it? Both '93's came with it. I put an ADDCO on the '82, POS it was, brackets that attached to the strut rods wouldn't stay aligned. I went out and found a factory unit and scrapped the ADDCO. FWIW, the ADDCO rear bar was fine. It came with links to work with 4x2 or 4x4 both. I don't think these brackets are specific to trucks? The ones on '65 and up C bodies look identical, never tried to interchange one, never had a need. I'm sure more of the trucks from the 80s came with them but, I don't think many from the 72-80 era came with them. That's good to know about the ADDCO though. Regarding the parts, I should take a look at the part numbers and see if I can come up with anything that will cross with other models.
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Re: LIL Express truck sway bar bracket?
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10/21/21 07:01 PM
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The hardest part of making those parts would be the curved surface that the rubber bushing sat in, the big curve would be easy, its the rounded edges on the sides of the curved pieces (that contain the bushing) that would be hard to do. A guy could probably add a small piece of steel to those edges, or maybe even build the edges with a few weld beads. They would function, but wouldn't look stock. After that its just measurements, the diameter of the bushing, the width of the bracket, the bolt spacing and the length of the stud. I'd make them if I had a sample one, and the buyer wasn't expecting a repo parts. Gene
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