Kawabuggy
Newbie
I got a rear sway bar from a 2002 Tahoe and just got the chance to install it yesterday. WOW! What a difference in handling the rear bar makes! I had to make frame side mounts for the end links, and also I took a 3" muffler clamp, discarded the U-bolts and just welded the perch part to my axle housing, and then made up strips of plate steel that were 1.5" in width, by 4" in length, that I then welded to the perches. The reason for the extra strips was to better match the profile of the bushing to give it a flat surface to register on. I then welded all that together. It is an AWESOME upgrade and I highly recommend that if you want better handling-you should be doing this upgrade. I am planning on doing my own coil over shock installation with custom 3 link bars that I'm building myself. Since I knew I wanted the sway bar on the truck, I figured I better put it in first so that I could then work in the coil over shocks, and 3 link set up, and panhard bar around the sway bar. I figured if I waited till after the 3 link install was done, something would be in the way of the sway bar and prevent me from getting it installed. Coming up next-3 link install with coil overs, and panhard bar.
If anybody wants pictures of what the finished product looks like I can figure out a way to post them up.
If anybody wants pictures of what the finished product looks like I can figure out a way to post them up.