Tophatjimmy
Syclone FNG
I just finished putting an OEM sway bar from a 96 4-door Blazer on my Sy tonight. What a piece of cake! Why I waited so long to do this is a mystery.
Thanks to those who posted on this topic previously, especially Canadian. His post from 6/04 really helped me a lot in this.
I bought the mounts off Ebay for like $54 shipped and they fit really well once I figured out how to drill the mounting holes for them. Hats off to the guy who provides these.
The best part was going to the pick n pull today and getting the sway bar. I was expecting it to cost $50-$60 like they do when they pop up online, but the $9 I was charged really made my day!!
The only thing I ran into that I didn't see mentioned in any of the old posts I dug through was what to do with the ABS wires and the brake lines that are attached to the axle. They are right in the way of where the U bolt mounts go. I ended up just undoing the clips on the axle and bending them out of the way to make clearance. Is this how the rest of you have done this?
If anyone with a Sy needs a sway bar, I highly recommend going this route.:tup:
Also if anyone in the Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington area knows of a need for a rear sway bar, Spaldings Pull and Save has 6 Blazers in the yard. 5 now still have the sway bar and 4 are really easy to get to. The last one is sitting low in the rear and tough to get under.
Thanks to those who posted on this topic previously, especially Canadian. His post from 6/04 really helped me a lot in this.
I bought the mounts off Ebay for like $54 shipped and they fit really well once I figured out how to drill the mounting holes for them. Hats off to the guy who provides these.
The best part was going to the pick n pull today and getting the sway bar. I was expecting it to cost $50-$60 like they do when they pop up online, but the $9 I was charged really made my day!!
The only thing I ran into that I didn't see mentioned in any of the old posts I dug through was what to do with the ABS wires and the brake lines that are attached to the axle. They are right in the way of where the U bolt mounts go. I ended up just undoing the clips on the axle and bending them out of the way to make clearance. Is this how the rest of you have done this?
If anyone with a Sy needs a sway bar, I highly recommend going this route.:tup:
Also if anyone in the Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington area knows of a need for a rear sway bar, Spaldings Pull and Save has 6 Blazers in the yard. 5 now still have the sway bar and 4 are really easy to get to. The last one is sitting low in the rear and tough to get under.